Why ninjas wear black

A ninja outfit. Although the image of ninja clothing that general people hold is one of black all over, actually a ninja rarely wore black. This was because a black costume would have stood out in the dim light. Typically, there was very little light where ninjas invaded. If a ninja were to carry out his work during the daytime it would have been ideal not to stand out as different.

In short, he could pass himself off as a farmer as soon as he felt danger. The chain hemp garment was used only when there was a battle and hand to hand combat was imminent because it was very heavy in weight, they generally weighed around kg. A ninja would put on a hood only when necessary to conceal his face.

The hood was no less than 2m in length. In an emergency, he would use even a rope or a bandage. He would attach hand protectors on the backs of his hands and set blow darts behind the hand protector.

A ninja was able to carry his weapons while at the same time protecting his body. Leggings went over his legs concealing some weapons and a thick pair of tabis was worn to dull the sound of his footsteps. On the bottoms of his straw sandals, metals like talons were set. These were like the chains of wheels. It meant that they were very useful when a ninja walked on a slippery place like a rusty bridge.

In addition to that, it is said that a ninja outfit had 12 hidden pockets. As the warlords scrapped over the rest of Japan, Iga and Koka developed their own commune system and self-defense and worked toward sort of a peak of ninja-ism toward the end of the 16th century, at which point their skills had been admired by everyone else, so they were finding employment in the rest of Japan as mercenaries.

What happened, as Japan was unified under the great warlord Oda Nobunaga, they could not obviously be tolerated in a unified Japan. And so there were two great invasions of Iga and Koka which finally ended in the late 16th century with the complete takeover of the place and the end of the ninja as they had been for several centuries.

When did their mythological status grow? When did they become the shadowy men in black we now know of? Yes, the great myth. Naomasa Forum Staff. Apr 42, T'Republic of Yorkshire. Timi Celcer said:. PM96 Ad Honorem. Feb 4, California. Ninjas didn't wear black pajamas. As they were spies, they could be dressed as anyone. Also a side note, Viking helmets didn't have horns on them. Salah Historum Emeritas. Oct 23, Maryland. Ninja presumably would have worn whatever suited their current 'assignment'.

Sep Hong Kong. I have read abook which describes how ninjas wear as follow after translation. General people thik the ninjas wear black at nights on stealth assigments. In actuality they wear deep blue cloths in cloudy nights as black color stands out more obvious in this condition. During full moon and bright nights they would prefer grey color or tea color cloths. The cloths may be of two colors one outside and one inside which can be flip over to fool the enemies.