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[[File:Gappa travel cape and zunin with kusari armor.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Antique Japanese ''gappa'' (travel cape) and cloth ''zukin'' (hood) with ''kusari'' (chain armour) concealed underneath]]
 
Ninja are believed to have used a large variety of tools and weaponries, which described and illustrated in the 17 century record ''[[Bansenshūkai]]'',<ref name="Turnbull 2003 19">{{Harvnb|Turnbull|2003|p=19}}</ref> including climbing equipment, extending spears,<ref name="Turnbull 2003 48" /> [[rocket]]-propelled arrows,<ref name="Turnbull 2003 60">{{Harvnb|Turnbull|2003|p=60}}</ref> and small collapsible boats.,<ref name="draeger smith 1981 128">{{Harvnb|Draeger|Smith|1981|p=128}}</ref> which are described and illustrated in the 17 century record ''[[Bansenshūkai]]'',<ref name="Turnbull 2003 19">{{Harvnb|Turnbull|2003|p=19}}</ref> Although it washas been believed that the ninja wore black garb (''shinobi shōzoku'') during their work, as depicted in modern media, there is no evidence for such attire.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 16">{{Harvnb|Turnbull|2003|p=16}}</ref> insteadInstead, ninja usually operated in disguise of civilians.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 17">{{Harvnb|Turnbull|2003|p=17}}; Turnbull uses the name ''Buke Meimokushō'', an alternate reading for the same title. The ''Buke Myōmokushō'' cited here is a much more common reading.</ref>
 
The accountsAccounts about Ninjaninjas's armor existence cannot be verified. Depictions of famous persons later deemed ninja often show them in [[Japanese armour]]., withincluding concealable types of armour made with [[Kusari (Japanese mail armour)]] and [[Karuta (armour)]] that could have been worn by ninja including ''katabira'' (jackets) made with armour hidden between layers of cloth. Shin and arm guards, along with metal-reinforced hoods are also speculated to makehave made up the ninja's armor.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 17" />
 
[[File:Ninpiden kuroro kagi breaker.gif|thumb|upright|A page from the ''[[Ninpiden]]'', showing a tool for breaking locks]]
Tools used for infiltration and espionage are some of the most abundant artifacts related to the ninja. Ropes and [[grappling hook]]s were common, and were tied to the belt.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 19" /> A collapsible ladder is illustrated in the ''Bansenshukai'', featuring spikes at both ends to anchor the ladder.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 20">{{Harvnb|Turnbull|2003|p=20}}</ref> Spiked or hooked climbing gear worn on the hands and feet also doubled as weapons.<ref name="Mol 2003 121">{{Harvnb|Mol|2003|p=121}}</ref> Other implements include [[chisel]]s, [[hammer]]s, [[drill]]s, and [[pickaxe|picks]], and so forth.
 
Ninja also usingused ''[[mizugumo]]'' to walk on the water.<ref name="draeger smith 1981 128" /> This pair of footwear distributingdistributed the wearer's weight over the shoes' wide bottom surface, allowing the wearer to walk on the surface of water. The name of this equipment ''mizugumo'' was derived from the native name for the [[Japanese water spider]] (''Argyroneta aquatica japonica''). A similarSimilar footwear, known as ''ukidari'', also existed in the form of a flat round [[bucket]], although arguablythis moremay unstablehave tobeen less usestable.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 62">{{Harvnb|Turnbull|2003|p=62}}</ref>
 
''Goshiki-mai'' (go, ''five''; shiki, ''color''; mai, ''rice'') colored (red, blue, yellow, black, purple)<ref name="japandaily-2630">{{cite news |last1=Runnebaum |first1=Achim |title=7 Things you didn't know about Ninja |url=https://japandaily.jp/7-things-didnt-know-ninja-2630/ |access-date=14 April 2022 |work=Japan Daily |date=22 February 2016 |quote=Based on the combination of colors they dropped, or the number of grains, the Ninja could make over 100 different codes.}}</ref> rice grains were used in a code system,<ref>{{cite web |title=10 Stealthy Ninja Tools You Haven't Heard Of |url=https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/2010/2/ |website=All About Japan |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=en |date=February 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Communication of ninja |url=http://xn--2048-ku3hs36n.jp/eninja5.html |website=Ninja Encyclopedia |publisher=Ninja Lurking in History |access-date=14 April 2022 |location=Japan |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703112835/http://xn--2048-ku3hs36n.jp/eninja5.html }}</ref> and to make trails that could be followed later.<ref name="Yoda-978-1-4629-0882-0">{{cite book |last1=Yoda |first1=Hiroko |last2=Alt |first2=Matt |title=Ninja Attack!: True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws |year=2013 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-0882-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUHRAgAAQBAJ&dq=goshiki+mai&pg=PA110 |language=en |quote=Goshiki-mai: These dyed rice grains were used to create discreet trails that could be followed either by the original dropper or by sharp-eyed comrades}}</ref><ref name="Bull-978-1-932897-51-7">{{cite book |last1=Bull |first1=Brett |last2=Kuroi |first2=Hiromitsu |title=More Secrets of the Ninja: Their Training, Tools and Techniques |date=2008 |publisher=DH Publishing Inc |location=Tokyo |isbn=978-1-932897-51-7 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1heJafilrAC&dq=goshiki+mai&pg=PA95 |language=en |quote=DH Publishing is Tokyo's #1 publisher of Japanese pop culture books for the English speaking world.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Weapons |url=https://onlinemartialarts.org/bujinkan-budo-taijutsu-weapons/ |website=Online Martial Arts |access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref>
 
Ninja often used the ''[[katana]]'' as their weapon of choice, which was carried on the back.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 18" /> The scabbard of the katana sword of Ninjaa ninja could be extended out of the sword, and used as a long probing device.<ref name="Adams 1970 52">{{Harvnb|Adams|1970|p=52}}</ref> The sword could also be used to scale thea wall, using''[[Japanese sword mountings#Tsuba|tsuba]]''.<ref name="Adams 1970 49">{{Harvnb|Adams|1970|p=49}}</ref> there'sThere is no known historical information about the straight ''[[ninjatō]]'' pre-20th century. The first photograph of a ''ninjatō'' appeared in a booklet by Heishichirō Okuse in 1956.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ninjutsu |last=Okuse|first=Heishichirō |year=1956|location=Osaka, Kinki Nippon Tetsudō }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ninja: Unmasking the Myth |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Turnbull (historian) |year=2018 |publisher=[[Frontline Books]] |isbn=978-1-4738-5042-2 }}</ref> Ninja also usingused [[Dart (missile)|darts]], spikes, [[Knife|knives]], and ''[[shuriken]]'' as weapons,<ref name="Mol 2003 119">{{Harvnb|Mol|2003|p=119}}</ref> The chain and sickle (''[[kusarigama]]'') was also used by the ninja.<ref name="Adams 1970 55">{{Harvnb|Adams|1970|p=55}}</ref> Variant explosives such as Softsoft-cased grenaedgrenades designed to release smoke or poison gas, along with iron or ceramic [[Fragmentation (weaponry)|shrapnel]] explosives were also reportedly used by them.<ref name="Turnbull 2003 22" />
 
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