![]() To be clear, there is no direct line of ninja connected to Izo-san. Although it’s supposition, there is a strong possibility I’m the descendant of the ninja, Ichikawa Nidennomaki.” Today, my family is the only one with the name Ichikawa and the only family that lived and continues to live in the north Iga area. ![]() Tateoka lived in the village next to Ichikawa Nidennomaki’s village. The scroll he has states my ancestor, Ichikawa Nidennomaki, taught ninjitsu to the famous ninja Tateoka Dojyun. He is the Iga-Koga ryu soke or head of Iga-Koka ninjitsu style. Many ninjitsu styles and schools existed but stopped passing down their ninjitsu teachings around the beginning of the Meiji era (1868-1912), My master however, is the only person to have continued to receive direct ninjitsu teachings from his family. Where it gets very interesting is when I was told about a scroll with information about ninja that mentioned the name Ichikawa Nidennomaki, an ancestor of mine. If you look at the family register, you can trace back my family name, Ichikawa, to at least six generations. ![]() ![]() He lived in Tsuge, a village in north Iga, a renowned area ninja lived over countless centuries. However, in my family’s case, six generations ago, one of my ancestors appears to have been a ninja. “Not that many written records about ninja exist. ![]()
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