Faculty of Humanities, Law and Economics &
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

2015

Time	Dates	Theme	Lecturer
1st	July 25	"Formation and Transition of the Images of Ninja"	Yohimaru, Katsuya (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Mie University)
		"The New Potentials of Ninja, Unlocked by Games"	Endo, Takuma (CEO, ACQUIRE Corp.)
2nd	December 5	"The Body of Ninja"	Yamada, Yuji
		"Body Usage Method Learned from the Ancient Martial Arts"	Kono, Yoshinori (Shouseikan)

2014

Time	Dates	Theme	Lecturer
1st	May 31	"The frontline of research about Ninja"	Yamada, Yuji
		"Ninja, the existence to be succeeded"	Kawakami, Jinichi
2nd	December 6	"Ninja in Edo"	Yamada, Yuji
		"Ninja, the existence to be succeeded"	Banessa Suzaku

2nd (December 6) Mie Terrace

An extension course "Ninja and Ninjyutsu Gaku, Special lesson in Tokyo - From Iga, the birthplace of Ninja" was held by the Iga Cooperation Field at the Mie terrace in Nihonbashi / Tokyo.

On Dec.6th. 2014, a special lecture "Ninja in Edo" was given by Prof. Yuji Yamada at the faculty of humanities. Following this, Ms. Vanessa Shibata talked about her Family Shibata-ke, which is originated from the Edo Onmitsu. She and Musashi-ichizoku (led by Ms. Shibata) displayed their "Shinobi no Jyutsu" as well.

On the next day, on Dec.7^th, a special event "Ninja Hyakunin-Shu - Let's find a sense of Iga in Edo!" was held by Igaueno Tourist Association. Prof. Yuji Yamada was the conductor of this tour. 100 participants were in Ninja costumes and visited some spots related to Ninja in Edo, such as Ueno Park, surrounding the Imperial Palace, Hanzo-mon, Shounen-ji and so on.

Yamada, Yuji

Shibata Suzaku

Shinobazu No Ike

Tokyo Station

Flyer

1st (May 31) Mie Terrace

We held an extension course "Ninja and Ninjyutsu Gaku, Special lesson in Tokyo - From Iga, the birthplace of Ninja" on May 31st, 2014 (Sa) at the Mie terrace in Nihonbashi / Tokyo.

The tickets were sold-out, which drove us to the conclusion that Ninja are also very popular in Tokyo. As our first course, two lectures were given in front of large audience.

Prof. Yuji Yamada, the faculty of humanities at Mie University, gave his lecture titled "The frontline of research about Ninja". And In addition, Prof. Jinichi Kawakami, honorary director of the Iga-ryū Ninja Museum / specially appointed professor of Mie University, gave his lecture" Ninja, the existence to be succeeded", followed by his demonstration.

Yoshimaru, Katsuya

Okamoto Iga mayor

Yamada, Yuji

Kawakami, Jinichi

Goto, Motoi

Nihonsyu