But when Akihiro Iwata came across them in 2019, the Japanese archeologist and curator was sure he’d made a “ground-breaking discovery.” He was convinced he’d found very early ninja ...

Kizu was a Ninja from a clan in Iga, a mountain-shrouded town near the ancient imperial capital of Kyoto ... he’d be punished by “big and small gods in more than 60 provinces across Japan” for ...