The Book of Ninja: The Bansenshukai - Japan's Premier Ninja Manual

El libro es excelente. Cumple con lo que se ofrece. El único inconveniente es que la caja fue maltratada durante el trayecto y uno de ellos sufrió daños. Ojalá y Amazon tome en cuenta esto.

Very informative

Die Anlieferung hat sich zwar um 1 Woche verschoben, da Fedex die Lieferoption "vor der Türe ablegen" nicht kennt, aber beim zweiten Versuch war jemand im Haus und die LIeferung ist entsprechend der vorangekündigten Tageszeit erfolgt. Das Buch war sauber verpackt und unbeschädigt. Das Bansenshukai gibt einen sehr detaillierten Überblick über das, das seinerzeit in Gebrauch war. Die eher strategisch und taktischen Grundlagen sind zeitlos.

Written like a Manuel, boring to read but the skills are solid. Excellent reference material if you study ninjutsu yourself, love ninjas, or want to write something similar yourself. Highly recommended.

This is a pretty impressive, big book. I never thought English version of Bansenshukai would be ever become available. The original text (PDF) is available online but it's in old Japanese and parts are written in some kind of simple codes and also requires historical and cultural knowledge so it's hard to understand the real meaning without proper interpretation even for native Japanese speakers. The fact that the first complete modern Japanese translation was just published this year (2015) in Japan, it's not an easy task to interpret the old Japanese text. And this English translation even came out two years ahead of that. I haven't really took time to compare how accurate the author's English translations from the original, but the sheer effort and the enthusiasm the author had to have to tackle this project itself is impressive. The contents wise, it's a very interesting read as a historical reference. Many methods the book describes are ruthless and ninjas were indeed not messing around. There are some outright ridiculous / Medieval superstitions mixed in but a lot of the principles seems to be still applicable for modern day espionage and I am sure those intelligence agencies are still operating under similar principals. The author's intro to the book and the history of ninja is also very good. The main section that interest me the most is ninja tools. This section has original drawings and it will be fun to try to replicate what is described here. I only wish if they came up with better English title for the book and cover art. At least they didn't put cliche images of samurai and ninja.