# NAME

Text::Shinobi - 忍びいろは (Ninja Alphabet) encoding

# SYNOPSIS

    use Text::Shinobi qw/shinobi/;

    print shinobi('しのび'); # => 𨊂浾⽕紫゙

# DESCRIPTION

"Shinobi Iroha" is a method to encrypt message that Ninja used.
This substitution cipher maps Japanese Kana characters to Kanji.

Text::Shinobi encoding table is based on 萬川集海 the Ninja technique encyclopedia; compiled in 1676.
The exact character table has not been revealed in the book (as strictly confidential).
This module adopted table "generally known" in current Ninjalogy.

<img src="https://shinobi.life/shinobi-iroha.jpg">

# METHODS

## encode()

    Text::Shinobi->encode('あいう！'); # 𣘸栬𡋽！

Returns encrypted input text (unicode string).
Only Hiragana and Katakana are converts, other characters are left.

### $Text::Shinobi::ENCODE

By default, `encode()` select a Kanji character following rules:

1. use single character if same shape unicode exists.
2. viewable in major browser version. (device fonts supported)

So this module's default might change in the future.

You can change encode option by `$Text::Shinobi::ENCODE` class variable with below constants.

    # DUO: double character only
    local $Text::Shinobi::ENCODE = Text::Shinobi::DUO;
    Text::Shinobi->encode('あいう'); # => ⽊黒⽊⾊⼟⾚

    # UTF8MB3: exclude 4 bytes code as utf-8
    local $Text::Shinobi::ENCODE = Text::Shinobi::UTF8MB3;
    Text::Shinobi->encode('あいう'); # => ⽊黒栬⼟⾚

## decode()

    Text::Shinobi->decode('𣘸栬𡋽？'); # あいう？

Returns text to try decode input text (unicode string).

# EXPORTS

No exports by default.

## shinobi()

    use Text::Shinobi qw/shinobi/;

    shinobi('...');

Shortcut to `Text::Shinobi->encode(...)`.

# ADVANCED USAGE

Romaji to shinobi iroha: use [Lingua::JA::Kana](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Lingua::JA::Kana);

    use Lingua::JA::Kana;

    shinobi(romaji2hiragana('ninja!'));

# REFERENCES

- 中島篤巳 (2015) 完本 万川集海
<https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4336057672/>
- うみほたる Nishiki-teki+01 Shinobi Iroha 
[http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Umihotaru/20111216/1324033352](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Umihotaru/20111216/1324033352)

# AUTHOR

Naoki Tomita aka "Tomimaru" <tomita@cpan.org>

# LICENSE

Copyright (C) Naoki Tomita.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.