Famous researchers on Ninja,Ninjutsu,Ninpo in Japan
Heishichiro Okuse,Yumio Nawa,

There are some famous researchers on Ninja,Ninjutsu and Ninpo in Japan.Above all,Heishichiro Okuse and Yumio Nawa are one of the most famous leading experts in this field.So let's introduce Heishichiro Okuse,Yumio Nawa and other experts on Ninjutsu. Regarding Seiko Fujita,he has called himself Last Kogaryu-Ninja.Some people refer him as real Ninja and others refer as a researcher on Ninja,Ninjutsu,Ninpo,not real Ninja.Opinion is divided.Soke Masaaki Hatsumi refer him as a Ninja indirectly.

He is a very famous historian or researcher on Ninja,Ninjutsu,Ninpo together with Yumio Nawa here in Japan.
He was born in Ueno Ciy in1911( Meiji44)He gratuated from Waseda University,which is one of the most famous universites together with Tokyo University or Keio University.After that he worked for Manshutetsudo and retired from the company because the war came to an end.He came back to his hometown after the war and worked for manicipal office.
Moreover,he served as the mayor of Ueno City for two terms-from Showa 44(1969)-to Showa 52(1977) and has tried to build a famous Ninja House.Many people visit it from Japan and from abroad.
He is famous as a Ninjutsu researcher and published a lot of Ninja books.We have some of them.Please see below about his works.
Some are still available,but many of them are not available or hard-to-find because of their scarcity.We are member of Japanese old book market and so sometimes come across rare books including Ninja Books.
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 to get info on Ninja.Sorry for our poor English!

Ninja Ninpo Ninjutsu Books by Heishichiro Okuse(We have some books on hand).
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Title	Author	Publication Year and Publisher	Short Comments
Ninpo The secret arts and the examples	Heishichiro Okuse	1964(Showa 39) Jinbutsu Oraisha 人物往来社 Hardcover w/slipcase 318pages Okuse Obi says"This is a companion volume to previous work-Ninjutsu-,which is popular"	In the postscript of this book,Okuse says,"I would like to publish a Ninjutsu book,which explains the principles of Ninjutsu and the contents of them.It is 5 or 6 years ago that I had such a desire.This is a secialized book,which introduces the principles of Ninjutsu and the techniques.And it is closely connected withNinjutsu,which already published.The features of this book is that each technique of Ninjutsu is based on historical facts."
Ninjutsu The history and Ninja	Heishichiro Okuse	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.
The history of Ninjutsu.All of Iga-ryu Ninjutsu	Heishichiro Okuse	1992(Heisei 4) 上野市観光協会　So-called Blue book.Softcover 173pages 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
Ninpo Kaiden Shosei no Tetsuri	Heishichiro Okuse	1978(Showa 58) 上野市観光協会 Softcover w/dust jacket 2volumes set 331pages(Vol1)328pages(Vol2) This is one of the most hard-to-find booksof his works because it is published by 上野市観光協会.
Ninpo The secret arts and the examples(Reprinted Edition)	Heishichiro Okuse	1995(Heisei 7) 新人物往来社 Hardcover w/dust jacket 318pages Looking over reprinted edition,No revised and No enlarged.It uses the same pictures.	In the postscript of this book,Okuse says,"This book has not been reprinted since it was published in 1965 and so it is only one copy that I have on hand.This time it is going to be reprinted by Shinjinbutsu Ohraisha.It is really happy for me. ★Various kinds of Ninjutsu ★Ninja Tools,Ninja Meds,Jyojitsu(In this chapter,Okuse explains Kujigoshinbo and Hyorogan,Suikatsugan.As far as we know,Rodanshu(老談集),which is Kishu-ryu Densho scroll ,describes Hyorogan and Suikatsugan. As okuse says himself,this is an unique book on Ninpo.
Ninjutsu Shosei ho	Heishichiro Okuse	1963(Showa38) 読売新聞社 Softcover w/dust jacket 196 pages Also,this is one of his hard-to-find books,though the publisher is a major Newspaer Company.It is probably because it has a smal circulation.	In the postscript of this book,Okuse says,"I have tried to divide Ninutsu into some types.I extracted approx 200 kinds of Ninjutsu and moreover eliminated similiar types of Ninjutsu and managed to arranged them into approx 80 types of Ninjutsu.I called this accumulation of Ninjutsu type "Kyoso no Riron and Hisho no Jhoseki"(競争の理論、必勝の定石 in Japanese)Some day I hope I would like to publish this "Kyoso no Riron and Hisho no Jhoseki"At first,I would like to select 48 types of Ninjutsu,most important ones,and introduce them.Unfortunately it is only one-third that I have managed to do so".