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The Ninja-to or Shinobigatana was not straight. This image of the straight ninja sword is a recent pop-culture image that started in the 20th century. There are no historical records to indicate the ninja used such swords. Ninja-to were swords that were curved but slightly shorter than a standard katana length but longer than a wakazashi. These katana are called ko-katana. Almost every sword in Japan was curved and a ninja would not have carried anything that would identify himself as such. Ninja would more often appear as samurai or yamabushi in order to blend in (rarely using the now cliched ninja costume unless disguise was not an option) and therefore would have carried whatever equipment that the disguise called for. Both Hayes and Hatsumi have discussed this in various books and articles.