Path of the AssassinPath of the Assassin.

Path of the Assassin (Japanese: 半蔵の門, Hepburn: Hanzō no Mon; lit. 'Hanzō's Teachings') is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Goseki Kojima; it was published in Kodansha's Weekly Gendai magazine. Unlike their previous collaborations on Lone Wolf and Cub and Samurai Executioner, this story focuses on two historical figures from 16th-century Japan. Path of the Assassin is the story of Hattori Hanzō, the master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu, who would grow up to become shōgun and unify Japan.