Jisho

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Noun
1. spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban
Wikipedia definition
2. OniwabanshūThe Oniwaban was a group of onmitsu government-employed undercover agents established by the 8th Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751). They are sometimes described as "ninja".
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