Kunoichi

Kunoichi (Japaneseくノ一) is the term for a female ninja. The term Kunoichi is a word which is composed of the Japanese kanji for woman (女, onna ) results. If we decompose the kanji in his three dashes, one obtains:

• く: Hiragana syllable ku,
• ノ: katakana syllable and no
• 一: kanji ichi.

History

The history indicates that there were Kunoichi since 1561. They were founded as Moritoki Mochizuki, a famous general who died on the battlefield. His wife Chiyome (望月 千代 女, Mochizuki Chiyome ) supported Takeda Shingen, who made her proposal to create a network of Kunoichi. The first Kunoichi were Miko, cry servants, who were trained in espionage, courier activities and for monitoring purposes.

The other students were orphans of the Civil War, which she recorded and trained. This created a well-functioning espionage network, whose structure only Takeda Shingen had informed otherwise worked Chiyome under her cloak, take orphaned children alone.

Education in the families

The hierarchy of the Ninja consisted of a Jonin (上 忍, dt "upper Ninja" ), the head, and several Chunin (中 忍, dt " medium Ninja" ), the liaison officers. At a basic level, the actual ninja agents Genin (下 忍, dt "Lower Ninja" ) were trained to combat and espionage missions. Both men and women were trained. The women had the same primary school that they went through from childhood, but also had their own techniques. However, it was only reserved for those who have been born into such a family. Through the activity of Chiyome that has changed since she took orphans and trained them.

The Shimma - kunoichi were members of ninja families. They were fully formed with their male relatives.

Karima - kunoichi on the other hand did not come from these families, but were hired.

Views on education today

The training of female ninja can be found inter alia in Japan at the wife of the Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi.