BANSENSHUKAI (萬川集海)
READ IN FULL - NINJA DENSHO
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Here, I am with a Ninjutsu Densho from my private collection called the: Bansenshukai.
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The
Bansenshukai (萬川集海) is an authentic ninjutsu manual written by
Fujibayashi Yasutake in 1676. It is regarded as one of the three key
historical texts of ninjutsu, along with the Shoninki and the Ninpiden.
The Bansenshukai translates out as: “Ten Thousand Rivers Flow Together
To Form An Ocean” and is regarded as the bible of ninjutsu.
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“You
should embrace the old ways of the shinobi who served under ancient
great generals, but remember not only to keep these ways but to adapt
them, each dependent on the situation and the moment. Ignorant ninja are
not aware of this principal but directly stick to ancient ways and do
not even know the simplest of facts. It is folly to see something as
unchangeable and stick to an old method without realizing that things
keep changing and are in flux."
- Fujibayashi Yasutake; Bansenshukai (1676)
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