Banke Shinobinoden

Banke Shinobinoden group teaches Iga and Koga ninjutsu in Japan [ [http://iganinja.jp/en/exp/learning.html Study/Circles｜Ninja Iga-ryu - Iga-ryu Ninja Museum ] ] . The group is headed by Jinichi Kawakami. His top student, Yasushi Kiyomoto, is the only one teaching from the Banke Shinobinoden group [ [http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~bankeshinobi/ Index ] ] . Jinichi Kawakami no longer takes on new students. There are no other people teaching the art in Japan or overseas [ [http://www.freewebs.com/bankeshinobinodenkensyujyo/ Banke Shinobinoden Kensyujyo | ] ] . Jinichi Kawakami claims to teach the Ninjutsu of the Ban Family.Jinichi Kawakami claims to have been taught by Masazo Ishida, who he says was one of the last remaining Ninjutsu practitioners alive. [A Story of Life, Fate, and Finding the Lost Art of Koka Ninjutsu in Japan by Daniel DiMarzio (ISBN 978-1-4357-1208-9)] However, As Thomas Dillon writes, "No one knows anything about Ishida. How very ninja-like."

References

* "Wingspan: Culture-Society-People in Japan, Where Have All the Ninja Gone?" by Thomas Dillon (September, 2007 No.459)
* "Historical group image editorial staff compilation" by Kuroi Hiroshi optical work (ISBN 978-4-05-604814-8)
* "The Last of the Ninja" [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20071027td.html] by Thomas Dillon
* "A Story of Life, Fate, and Finding the Lost Art of Koka Ninjutsu in Japan" by Daniel DiMarzio (ISBN 978-1-4357-1208-9)