Burglary Tools

Kasugai

Kasugai

Kasugai

To secure doors from opening, you could ram these hooks into the floor and door. So you could block the enemy’s way and keep your back free.

Kiri

Kiri

Kiri

This tool was a pointed drill, with which locks could be drilled open.

Kunai

Kunai

Kunai

This tool was used for digging and prying.

Kunashi

Collapsible spade.

Shikoro

Shikoro

Shikoro

To get through wooden walls and wooden doors, the Ninja used this thin saw.

Tobikunai

Tobikunai

Tobikunai

This tool could be used to open barred gates.

Tsubo giri

Tsubo giri

Tsubo giri

This drill cut larger holes in wooden walls and wooden doors.

Yajiri

Yajiri

Yajiri

If thicker pieces of wood or branches had to be sawn, the Ninja used a saw with a stronger blade.


Text: Stefan Imhoff