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Ninja!02
2012.12.17 [HISTORY,WHAT'S NEW]
忍者は、目立たなことが鉄則!
Remaining inconspicuous was important for a ninja
忍者は通常、農民、町人、商人、僧侶、使用人、庭師など、一般庶民の生活に紛れ込んで生活しており、
できるだけ目立たぬ状況の中で、諜報活動を行い、侵入、暗殺などの役目を担っていたため、特別な服装は
していなかったと考えられている。忍者が着ていたとされる装束は、映画やドラマの影響から「黒」のイメージが
強いが、実際には、夜の活動の場合「黒」であることが逆に闇夜では目立ってしまうため、「紺色」や「柿色
(茶色)」のものを着用していた。忍術、忍具など、修業をした者でしか操ることのできない技術や武器も
数多くあり、それらもとても興味深い。
Ninja typically conducted their missions as ordinary people, farmers, tradesmen, merchants, monks, servants, gardeners and the like, living low profile lives. However, the specialized training of the ninja, their weapons and secretive technology remain popular.
The image of the ninja in all black wear is mostly due to movies and popular dramas. In actual fact, they rarely wore such outfits, but when they did, it wasn’t black, but a very dark blue indigo, or a dark brown dyed clothing, as it is harder to see in the dark than black, which tends to catch light.
武士や大名などに仕え、戦国時代から江戸時代にかけて、大きな役割を果たしていた忍者だが、江戸時代が
終わりを迎えると、その役目を終えることとなる。そのスキルを生かすため、明治時代につくられた軍や警察の
組織へと職業を変えたものも多かったらしい。
Ninja played a major role from the Warring States Period until the end of the Edo Period, serving the daimyo and the samurai alike. As the need for such shadow warriors lessened in the peace times of the late Edo and the Meiji period, the ninja faded into obscurity, taking on the role of guards (often disguised as gardeners and other low profile positions), police and security agents.

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