It’s hard to pinpoint the beginnings of ninjas, properly called shinobi, in Japan because countries all around the world have used assassins and spies. Many sources show that the skills that became the ninja's art of stealth, ninjutsu, started to emerge between 600-900 A.D. Ninjas themselves are believed to have started popping up in the 1200s-1500s. A Japanese folk tale says that the ninjas descended from a demon that was half crow, half man. However, it appears to be more likely that the ninja slowly evolved as a rival force to their upper-class contemporaries, the samurai, in early feudal Japan.
The Golden Age for ninjas was in the 1500s-1700s during the Sengoku period because they were widely hired for their distinct skill set. Ninjas were
The Golden Age for ninjas was in the 1500s-1700s during the Sengoku period because they were widely hired for their distinct skill set. Ninjas were