The Resource Ninja : 1,000 years of the shadow warriors, John Man
Ninja : 1,000 years of the shadow warriors, John Man
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- Summary
- The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. But once they were real, the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies, saboteurs, assassins. In their secrecy, undercover skills and determination to survive, they were the opposite of the overt, self-destructive samurai. Could they fly? Make themselves invisible? Of course not. It was just that their skills gave them a magical aura. As a result, martial artists and story-tellers have turned them into fantasy creatures, from James Bond to Mutant Turtles. In Ninja John Man goes in search of the truth. In a journey to the heartland of the ninjas, he takes us from their origins over 1,000 years ago, through their heyday in the civil wars that ended with Japan's unification in 1600. But that was not the end of the ninja ethos. That re-emerged in World War Two as a little-known counterpart to Japanese militarism. Ninja ways live on in the real 'last of the ninjas', Hiroo Onoda, who held out in the Philippine jungle for 30 years. From feudal Japan to 21st Century Hollywood, John Man's epic story reveals the reality behind one of the world's most enduring legends
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Ninja : 1,000 years of the shadow warriors
- Title
- Ninja
- Title remainder
- 1,000 years of the shadow warriors
- Statement of responsibility
- John Man
- Title variation
- One thousand years of the shadow warriors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. But once they were real, the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies, saboteurs, assassins. In their secrecy, undercover skills and determination to survive, they were the opposite of the overt, self-destructive samurai. Could they fly? Make themselves invisible? Of course not. It was just that their skills gave them a magical aura. As a result, martial artists and story-tellers have turned them into fantasy creatures, from James Bond to Mutant Turtles. In Ninja John Man goes in search of the truth. In a journey to the heartland of the ninjas, he takes us from their origins over 1,000 years ago, through their heyday in the civil wars that ended with Japan's unification in 1600. But that was not the end of the ninja ethos. That re-emerged in World War Two as a little-known counterpart to Japanese militarism. Ninja ways live on in the real 'last of the ninjas', Hiroo Onoda, who held out in the Philippine jungle for 30 years. From feudal Japan to 21st Century Hollywood, John Man's epic story reveals the reality behind one of the world's most enduring legends
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Man, John
- Dewey number
- 356.16
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Ninja
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Ninja : 1,000 years of the shadow warriors, John Man
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 000049622102
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 293 p., [16] p. of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780593068113
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), map
- Label
- Ninja : 1,000 years of the shadow warriors, John Man
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 000049622102
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 293 p., [16] p. of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780593068113
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), map
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