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