There are some famous Ninja in Japan.Above all,Seiko Fujita and Masaaki Hatsumi are the most famous Ninja here.Masaaki Hatsumi is not only a great martial artist but also Ninja.He has many diciplines all over the world and many pepole visit Japan to learn the techniques or martial arts or Ninjutsu under him.He has published many books on Ninjutsu and Martial Arts.Some are available on our store.http://japanese-book.com/ by Art garage Related topic:Heishichiro Okuse

He is a very famous Ninja together with Seiko Fujita here in Japan.They are very famous as Ninja both in Japan and in the world.But Masaaki Hatsumi is much more famous internationally.Born in Chiba prefecture,he masterd a variety of martial arts such as Karate,Judo(kodokan Judo 5 dan)Jukendo,Boxing and many other martial arts since he was a child.First,he learned Takashi Ueno-Tenshinkoryu and then learned under Toshitsugu Takamatsu when he was at the age of 27,as you know.(Takashi Ueno was a diciple of Takamatsu sensei).Of course,he has some teachers of martial arts.It is less well known that he learned martial arts under Keishichi IshiguroHe called him as Sensei in his book,entitled Martial Arts in the world.according t the book,he has formed a friendship with Ishiguro families(Keishichi,Keisho and Keisho's son) for three generations.So It seems that Keishichi Ishiguro has a great influence on Masaaki Hatsumi.You'll see a photo of Masaaki Hatsumi with Keishichi Ishiguro in the book.Keishichi Ishiguro was a great Judo Player.Moreover he was an adviser of Japan Karatedo Federation.
As far as I know,there are two types of Kukinage in Japan.One was thought out by Kyuzo Mifune,who has been called God of Judo,and another was thought out by Keishichi Ishiguro.Keishichi Ishiguro has published Judo book,entitled "Kukinage".

He inherited the posesson of Soke of 9ryu and called the 9ryu Bujinkan Budo and founded his famous Dojo.
Gyokkoryu Koshijutsu Happo Hiken 28th Soke
Kotoryu Koppojutsu Happo Hiken 18th Soke
Shinden Fudoryu Daken Taijutsu Happo Hiken 26th Soke
Kukishindenryu Taijutsu Happo Hiken 28th Soke
Takagi Yoshinryu Jutaijutsu Happo Hiken 17th Soke
Kumogakureryu Ninpo Happo Hiken 14th Soke
Gyokushinryu Ninpo Happo Hiken 21st Soke
Gikanryu Koppojutsu Happo Hiken 15th Soke
Togakureryu Ninpo Happo Hiken 34th Soke

About Masaaki Hatsumi,we have a lot to discuss and it would be impossible to describe them all here.
He has published some books on Ninja and Martial Arts.It may take long time to look through them because we have a poor knowledge of Ninja and we are "not" good at English.However it may be worth giving info for those who are interested in Ninja because except for Japan,it is very difficult get info on Ninja.Sorry for our poor English!Japanese-book.com by Art Garage

Title	Author	Publication Year and Publishers	Short Comments
Togakure ryu Ninpo Taijutsu	Masaaki Hatsumi	1964(Showa 39) Jinbutsu Oraisha 人物往来社 Hardcover w/slipcase 318pages This is his first book and the most hard-to-find book"	In the preface of this book,Masaaki Hatsumi,who is one of the most famous and respected experts on Martial arts,says"I have firmly belived that the secret of martial arts shouldn't be opened to the public.However,there are a lot of differences between the martial arts I have learned and modern martial arts ,so I have published this book.This is my first book on martial arts". "In this book I have opened the secrets of BUDO and my secret techniques. It means 'with a do-or-die attitude'.I want you to know this attitude.In conclusion,I hope that you will do the training through this book and live a happy life." "
Sengoku Ninpo Zukan	Masaaki Hatsumi	1963(Showa 38) Jinbutsu Oraisha Black book Hardcover w/slipcase 318pages Okuse mainly deals with Koga,Iga ninjutsu and other Ninjutsu by period.Early works by Okuse.	In the postscript of this book,Okuse says,"I have published a book,entitled Ninjutsu Hiden long ago.This book mainly deals with Iga-ryu Ninjutsu and an one that explained "The origin and the history of Ninjutsu" and "The art of Ninjutsu" in detail.After that,I have been thinking that I would like to write the best history of Ninjutsu from all over Japan from a broader point of view.I have got on it because of request by Jinbutsu Oraisha this year.
Learn from Pics Bojutsu	Masaaki Hatsumi	1994(Heisei 6) 土屋書店　So-called Blue book.Softcover 223pages As title says,Okuse deals with Igaryu-Ninjutsu in this book.Among his books,it is relatively easy to obtain.	Table of Contents Introduction of Sonshi and Perfection of Yamabushi Heiho The origin and he end of Iga-ryu Ninjutsu(In this part,Okuse introduces "Iranki" w/photo and mentioned Iga no Ran.) Ninjutsu from Tokugawa era Politician-Jonin,Cyunin,Genin and the history of a master of the clasical Japanese martial artists(In this part,Okuse introduces famous Martial artsits such as Bokuden Tsukahara and Musashi Miyamoto) The defeat of Nihon heiho and the reason
Learn from Pics Sojutsu	Masaaki Hatsumi	1984(Showa 59) 土屋書店 Softcover w/dust jacket 176page Hatsumi introduces many Densh scroll over 40 pages w/pics at the opening of the book	In the preface of this book,Masaaki Hatsumi says,"The main purpose of this book is to expalin techniques of Yari-Sojutsu-Let's simply think about why Yari is mainly used in the battle in Sengoku period. When people fight with the enemies armed themselves with Armors and helmets,it is much easier to eliminate the enemy with Yari