Real "ninja" sword, or modern invention?

Rich · 14th November 2010, 11:56 AM

I can't speak to the tengu sword (Looks like a bad, bent naganata), but the "ninja" sword is a modern fiction. There is no credible historical evidence of such swords in Japan. They are basically a modern Hollywood invention - pure fiction. I suspect the same for the tengu sword.

Rich S

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Richard Stein, PhD
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14th November 2010, 11:56 AM	#2
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	I can't speak to the tengu sword (Looks like a bad, bent naganata), but the "ninja" sword is a modern fiction. There is no credible historical evidence of such swords in Japan. They are basically a modern Hollywood invention - pure fiction. I suspect the same for the tengu sword. Rich S ------------------------------------------------------- Richard Stein, PhD "Old Puukkophile" Japanese Sword Guide http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm -------------------------------------------------------