軒のき猿ざる

noun

ninja serving the Uesugi clan

Historical term for ninja who served the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period. Not a general word for ninja.

• 軒のき猿ざるは上うえ杉すぎ謙けん信しんに仕つかえた忍にん者じゃの集しゅう団だんとして知しられている。

  The Nokizaru are known as a group of ninja who served Uesugi Kenshin.