Ninjato

Ana zargin ninjatō (忍者刀)  shine makamin da aka fi so na shinobi na Fudal Japan. Ma'aikatan ninjutsu na zamani ne suka bayyana shi (ciki har da Masaaki Hatsumi da Stephen K. Hayes) a matsayin makamin ninja kuma ya shahara a al'adun gargajiya.An nuna misalan wannan takobi na ƙarni na 20 a Gidan kayan tarihi na Koka Ninja a Kōka, Shiga,a Gidan Tarihi na Gifu Castle a Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan da kuma Gidan Tarihi na Ninja na Igaryu,  wanda aka kafa a tsakiyar 1960s

A tarihi, babu wata shaida kan wanzuwar wannan "gajeren takobi mai kama da katana wanda ninja ya yi amfani da shi" kafin karni na 20.[Madadin haka, ƙila ƙila ƙila ƙila ƙila ƙila ƙila ƙila ƙila ƙila sifofin da aka nuna ta wakizashi ko chokutō takobin ko takubban da ke da alaƙa da ashigaru—masu yaƙi na gama-gari waɗanda ba su da “ninja” 

BayannaTarihiSaboda rashin wata shaida ta zahiri ko takubba na tsoho tun daga Sengoku zuwa ƙarni na 20 da suka dace da bayanin ninjatō,  tarihin makamin ba za a iya ƙididdige shi ba kawai daga ƙarni na 20 zuwa gaba. ==

1956: Hoton farko sanannen takobin kai tsaye na "ninja" yana cikin wani ɗan littafin Jafananci mai shafuka 26 mai suna Ninjutsu na ​​Heishichirō Okuse[1964: Takobin ya bayyana a cikin jerin finafinan Jafananci jidaigeki Shinobi no Mono—Shinobi no Mono Kirigakureみ霧隠才蔵) da Shinobi no Mono Zoku Kirigakure Saizō (忍びの者 続・霧隠才蔵), shigarwar ta 4 da ta 5 a cikin jerin—an fitar a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo a Japan. A wannan shekarar, an kafa gidan adana kayan tarihi na Ninja na Igaryu a Japan, wanda ke ɗauke da misalan takobi na ƙarni na 20.1973: Tallace-tallacen sayar da takubban “ninja” da aka ƙera da kuma shigo da su sun fito a cikin Mujallar Black Belt ta Amirka. da Bujinkan, da Stephen K. Hayes, Ba’amurke wanda ya yi karatu a ƙarƙashin Hatsumi a 1975, an buga su.1981: Fim ɗin Hollywood na farko da ya fito da ninjatō, Enter the Ninja, an sake shi a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo. 1983.1984: Aikin talabijin na farko na Amurka da ya fito da waɗannan takuba, Master, an watsa shi a NBC  daga Janairu zuwa Agusta 1984.

## Bayyana
Ninjatō yawanci ana kwatanta shi azaman gajeriyar takobi, galibi ana bayyana shi azaman yana da madaidaicin wuka (mai kama da na shikomizue) tare da gadin murabba'i.Yawancin lokaci na tsawon "kasa da 60 cm", sauran takobi yana kwatanta "kauri, nauyi da madaidaiciya". Duk da jayayyar kasancewar ninjato na tarihi, Hayes ya yi iƙirarin bayyana shi dalla-dalla, kuma ya bayyana cewa kwatancen ninjatō na iya kasancewa saboda ninja ya ƙirƙira ruwan wukake nasu daga sassa na ƙarfe ko ƙarfe tare da yankan gefen dutse, tare da Hayes yana zargin cewa madaidaitan ruwan wukake sun fi sauƙi don ƙirƙirar fiye da mafi kyawun takobin gargajiya na Japan. Dalilinsa na biyu da aka bayar na ninjatō ana bayyana shi a matsayin madaidaiciyar takobi, maimakon gajeren takobi shi ne cewa ninja suna yin koyi da ɗaya daga cikin gumakan addinin Buddah na iyalan ninja, Fudo Myo-oh, wanda, a cikin Hayes, aka kwatanta yana ɗaukar gajeriyar takobi madaidaiciya mai kama da chokuto.

Amfani

Saboda rashin shaidar tarihi game da wanzuwar ninjatō, dabaru don amfani a cikin mahallin yaƙi suna da hasashe. Lokacin da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin fim da mataki, ana nuna ninjatō a matsayin gajere fiye da katana mai madaidaicin ruwa amma ana amfani da su ta hanyar "kusan kama" kamar katana.Littattafai da sauran rubuce-rubucen kayan sun bayyana hanyoyin da za a iya amfani da takobin da suka haɗa da "dabarun zana cikin sauri waɗanda ke a tsakiya wajen zana takobi da yanke a matsayin matakin tsaro na lokaci guda",  tare da "dabarun tuƙi",  da kuma tare da "riko baya".

Majiyoyin zamani sun yi zargin cewa an yi amfani da ɓangarorin don dalilai daban-daban, kamar bututun numfashi (snorkel) a cikin ayyukan ƙarƙashin ruwa ko kuma don tattaunawa a asirce.Har ila yau, an ce ɓangarorin ya yi tsawo fiye da ruwan ninjato don ɓoye abubuwa daban-daban kamar sinadarai da ake amfani da su don makantar masu bi..An siffanta tsuba (gadin hannun) na ninjato a cikin wani tushe na zamani da girma fiye da matsakaita da murabba'i maimakon zagayen tsuba na gama gari. Wata majiya ta yarda game da girman ninjato tsuba da siffa shi ne cewa mai amfani zai jingina takobin da bango ya yi amfani da tsuba a matsayin mataki don tsawaita isarsa na yau da kullun, sannan sai a dauko takobin ta hanyar ciro shi ta hanyar sageo (saya cord)

"Ninja Takobin" haramcin a cikin United Kingdom

A cikin 2025, gwamnatin Burtaniya ta hana mallaka, kera, shigo da kayayyaki da siyar da wukake da ake zaton "takobin ninja", tare da kwatanta "yawancin" makaman da aka dakatar da cewa suna da "wuya tsakanin inci 14 da inci 24 tare da tsinke kai tsaye tare da ma'anar salon tanto."[25]

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