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The item up for auction is an extremely rare and antique Shuriken book.
Title Shuriken
Author Kanji Naruse,Also,he was a leading expert on Japanese sword and published a lot of books on Japanese sword.
Publication year 1943(Showa 18)
In the preface of this book,Kanji Naruse says,"It was more than 40 years ago that I was interested in Shuriken.It has been 17years since I try to research the documents on Shuriken.I have found that no books on Shuriken have been published.Collecting those fragmentary materials,I have published this book as a first book on Shuriken."
Anyway,for those who are interested in Shuriken,it would be a great collection.
This book is based on Negishi-ryu Shuriken jutsu.In the part of "The art of Shuriken",Kanji Naruse explains how to use Shuriken in detail and concretely.
Shuriken (手裏剣; lit: "hand hidden blade") is a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing. They are small, sharpened, hand-held blades made from a variety of everyday items, such as needles, nails, and knives, as well as coins, washers and other flat plates of metal. Shuriken were mainly a supplemental weapon to the more commonly used katana (sword) or yari (spear) in a warrior's arsenal, though they often played a pivotal tactical role in battle. The art of wielding the shuriken is known as shuriken-jutsu, and was mainly taught as a minor, or more correctly, a secret part of the martial arts curriculum of many famous schools, such as Yagyu Ryu, Katori Shinto Ryu, Itto Ryu, Kukishin Ryu and Togakure Ryu.
Hardcover 283 pages with B&W photos.
Very few books on Shuriken have been published even in JAPAN.
If you are interested in Shuriken,this would be one of the must-have books. | 
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