what is shuriken ? give example
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A shuriken (Japanese: 手裏剣; literally: "hidden hand blade") is a Japanese concealed weapon that was used as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect. They are also known as throwing stars, or ninja stars, although they were originally designed in many different shapes.
Explanation:
Shuriken, which literally means a sword hidden in the hand, is a special weapon traditionally used by ninja. Samurai also learned to use them along with their use of spears, training in archery and fencing. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the Edo Period’s last Shogun, is known to have been an expert in the use of shuriken. When and how shuriken were developed remains unclear. Some argue that forged weapons used in the Sengoku Period (1467-1568) evolved into shuriken, others claim that they evolved from throwing weapons received from China in ancient times. Shuriken are effective to a range of up to 15 meters. Small and black in color, they are hard to see, which makes them hard for the enemy to dodge. Because they need to hit the target in a certain way to be fatal, shuriken were traditionally used to distract the opponent so that the warrior could dispatch him with his sword or escape; but they could also by coated with poison and thrown with the intention of nicking the enemy.