About Shuriken book published in Japan and Shuriken expalined in those
books
Shuriken is a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was genelarry
used for throwing and sometimes stabbing or slashingan opponents arteries.They
are shrpened hand-held blades made from a variety of everyday items such
as needles ,nails and knives as well as coins washers and and other flat
plates of metal. Shuriken were mainly a supplemental weapon to the more
commonly used katana
(sword) or yari (spear) in a minor part of the martial arts curriculum of many famous
schools, such as Yagyu Ryu, Katori Shinto Ryu, Itto Ryu, Kukishin Ryu,
and Togakure Ryu. In the modern western world, shuriken can often be purchased
online as collector's items.
What kinds books on Shuriken have been published in Japan?
Compared to Ninja,Ninpo,Ninjutsu books,few books on Shuriken have been
published even in Japan.It is probably because Shuriken jutsu is only a
part of various kinds of Martial Arts Martial Artists or Ninja need to
master.Let's try to list Shuriken books below,not only Classic famous books
by Seiko Fujita or Kanji Naruse but also books published recently.Some
are still available,but many of them are not available or hard-to-find
because of their scarcity.It may take long time to look through them because
we have a poor knowledge of shuriken and we are "not" good at
English.However it may be worth giving info for those who are interested
in Shuriken because except for Japan,it is very difficult get info on Shuriken
or Ninja.Sorry for our poor English!
Books published in Japan.
| Title | Author | Publication Year and Publishers | Short Comments |
| Shuriken | Kanji Narus | 1943(Showa 18)Limited Edition Copyright page says"200 copies were published" . | In the preface of this book,KanjiNaruse says,"It was more than 40 years ago since I was interested in Shuriken.It has been 17 years since I try to research the documents on Shuriken.I found that Shuriken books haven't been published.So collecting fragmentary materials on shuriken,I have published this book as a first book on Shuriken" |
| The art of Shuriken | Seiko Fujita | ||