hi it is mike chen
you know when we hear the word ninja
most of us probably picture these word wielding assassins
wearing all-black garb
who are masters at martial arts in the art of stealth or maybe escape
we've read about
these black mask warriors and novels and comic books
and we've seen some fictionalized versions of them
in a lot of movies for
the past few decades
and in many of these materials we've learned that
a ninja is often a cloaked and mask man
who can stealthily infiltrate an
enemy's territory to end the life
of a specific target but in reality
not all ninjas live in the shadows
and the way of the ninja is not alive solely intended for,well, men
these female ninjas
are referred to as the kunoichi
and a while they equalled their male counterparts
in terms of combats and stealth skills
they handled their assignments
differently from men
in several impressive ways
but first let's talk about the term ninja
while the term ninja is what became popular among Westerners
or written records in feudal Japan
referred to these coverts agents
and a mercenary assassins as the shinobi
members of the shinobi clans of Japan
were practitioners of ninjutsu
which taught them the strategy and tactics of
espionage and filtration sabotage
assassination and even guerrilla warfare
now medieval Japan was a time during which
men dominated society while
women were largely relegated to the sidelines
taking harmless roles
such as that of a wife, a mistress, or a maid
and many people incorrectly assumed that
ninja clans were strictly composed of males
when the truth was women of that time
also worked as covert agents and assassins
alongside the men
although their approach in doing so
is not exactly the same
the existence of female ninja warriors is supported by the Bansenshukai
a 17th century book
containing knowledge and secrets about ninja containing training
the Bansenshukai revealed the primary functions
of a kunoichi
and that is to infiltrate a targets household
by forming intimate relations with
members of that clan and gaining their trust
walking freely inside enemy territory
and hiding in plain sight
they usually bit their time
and collect the information about their target
but they were also capable of facilitating assassinations
if order to do so
now the shinobi knew the importance
of using personal strings to their deadly advantage
and in a world where
women were prized for their beauty
and were deemed ignorant and harmless
the konochis were less likely to arouse suspicion
and found it much easier to
get close to their targets
compared to their male counterparts
the female just were also not above using
their feminine wills to accomplish their objective
and they were willing to
become concubines and mistresses
if it meant keeping their disguise for a long time
the targets of the shinobi were
typically powerful and influential members
of the samurai class which meant that
they were heavily guarded
and were naturally distrustful of men outside of their clan
however rarely were
they asked suspicious of the women around them
and so this allowed the kunoichi to
disguise themselves as maids courtesans
whereas priestesses and
go undercover infiltrating dangerous enemy zones
on a much deeper and intimate level than male
shinobis would have ever been able to achieve
and here's the thing
the kunoichi did not sneak in
during moonless nights
to steal information or eliminate their targets
they were usually patient and took their time
in accomplishing their missions
even if it took months or even years and
the thing that's female ninjas
rarely attempted to kill their targets right away
first they worked hard to integrate
themselves well into the enemy's household
and to slowly earn the trust
of the households of many residents
they gathered intelligence and passed on
crucial information to a samurai's enemies
and when the time came
to eliminate the target
they were monitoring
they did not wait for a male shinobi to finish their job
because their combat skills were just as good
and sometimes their method of execution
was even more creative and brutal
this is why some argued that the kunoichi
posed a more serious threat than
other members of the shinobi
hence it is not too surprising that
if they were ever captured the kunoichi
would suffer faced way worse than a male ninja
being female ninjas their beauty and sexuality were
their primary weapons
when gaining access to their targets
but they did also wield actual deadly weapons of their own
considering that they had to
go about their enemy's territory
I'll notice they couldn't just you know
stuff a long sword in their kimonos
instead they carried weapons such as dagger
like hairpins shuriken or folding fans
with hidden blades and poison
as these items can be inconspicuous
while wearing a standard kimono
but perhaps the most
iconic weapon of choice used by the kunoichis
was Tekko Kagi
which kind of looks like Wolverines claws
and they were made of leather finger
seems to topped with very pointed metal tips
the tips like a claw of the weapon extended
between one and three inches in length
and they were sharp enough to
tear away human flesh
some of the kunoichis would even douse their claws
with poison in order to quick death
or worsen the pain
the thing is there is very little record available
about the kunoichi
and Mochizuki chiyomi is probably the only one
whose name was solidified in japan's ninja history
Chyomi may was a noblewoman from the 16th century
and the wife of a samurai warlord
she is credited for setting up
an underground network of female spies
which she accomplished by recruiting
around 300 female orphans war victims and prostitutes
to the eyes
of the locals of nezu village in the Shinshu region
the noblewoman was simply running an orphanage
but in reality
she was training and managing
a very sophisticated group
of female espionage operatives and assassins
who have infiltrated almost every aspect of the region's community
this group of female ninjas
have put their lives on the line
all in the service of the Takeda clan
which was led by the uncle
of chyomi's late husband Takeda Shingen
now for reasons I know after the death of Shingen in 1573
Chiyomi enter League of spies
just disappeared from Japan's historical records
and no one really
knows what happened to the secret group
after serving the Takeda clan
but even though we did not know the names
of many of the female ninjas
they were a force to be reckoned with in medieval Japan
you know as I was growing up
my friends they wanted to be the president
they wanted to be an astronaut
I even came up with a plan when I was a little kid to
run away to Japan and somehow
mysteriously run into a ninja clan
no I definitely romanticized that whole thing
because could I really kill somebody
I don't think so but I wanted to be a ninja
I think my inspiration came
when the ninjas were like so huge back
then you know when the movies like the
American ninja series surf ninja 3
ninja kickback like ninja this ninja that
it was like ninja movies everywhere
you know back when
Van Damme was actually popular
my man those were good times
so yeah didn't end up running away
didn't end up becoming a ninja
just became a youtuber
or did I maybe I am a ninja disguised as a youtuber
I guess you never know
but let me know
how many of you out there wanted to
become a ninja and
also what's your favorite ninja movie
all right guys thank you all so much for watching this video
see you later
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