White Secret Technique: The Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets


 * Name: Shiro Higi: Jikki Chikamatsu no Shū, 白秘技・十機近松の集, literally "White Secret Technique: Ten Puppet Collection of Chikamatsu"
 * Type: Unknown
 * User: Chiyo

Chiyo uses this technique while battling Sasori in the Akatsuki hideout in the River Country. Chiyo pulls out a scroll, and summons ten puppets which she controls with her fingers. Chiyo's skill in controlling these 10 puppets at the same time have her renowned as "Chiyo's Quintessential Ten Fingers" or "Finger by Finger" and have been said to help take over an entire castle. This puppet play is so powerful that Chiyo had swore to herself that she would never use it again, but broke that vow to stand up to Sasori. The technique is phenomenally powerful as despite a ten to one disadvantage in the battle against Sasori, Chiyo and Sakura were able to win a brutal war of attrition against Sasori's Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets and one hundred chakra using human puppets which were supposed to be superior.

The Puppets
Despite the puppets association with Chiyo as the name indicates she did not create this technique. As told by Sasori the technique and the puppets were the masterpieve collection created by Monzaemon Chikamatsu the founder of the Puppet Technique and it can be assumed that the symbol on each of the puppets is his crest. One advantage that the ten puppets had over Sasoria's hundred puppets is that they were designed to operate in tandem and in combination, as opposed to individual puppets merely operated at the same time. Donned in white coats, each of the puppets have different sets of skills and weapons. The 10 puppets' and their skills are listed below.

Puppet #1 - This puppet somewhat resembling an "oni" (demon) It posseses no weapons but instead fends and knocks away attackers.

Puppet #2 - This puppet is able to extend its arms to form a sort of cage where it can launch bombs from its mouth. Only one of its known abilities.

Puppet #3 - Puppet 3 has one eye and holds an orb in its mouth. When the user throws this orb, it expands rapidly to seal its opponents chakra ability. When fully expanded, the orb has an uncanny resemblence to the Shukaku.

Puppet #4 - This puppet holds the mark of Buddha in its mouth that activates "Sanbou Kyuukai" technique when used in conjunction with Puppets 6 and 8.

Puppet #5 - A red puppet that works together with Puppet # 9. It is able to lift its face to reveal a spinning chakra blade.

Puppet # 6 - This Puppet holds "Acts" seal in its mouth and works with Puppets # 4 and 8 to activate "Sabou Kyuukai" technique.

Puppet # 7 - Puppet that resembles a girl with red hair and buns. Posseses two large swords that cleave heads and can slice limbs off to attack.

Puppet #8 - This Puppet holds the "Priest" seal and works in conjunction with puppets 4 and 6 to activate "Sanbou Kyuukai". Sanbou Kyuukai is a technique where Puppets 4, 6 and 8 form a pyramid with a small space at the center. Prior to activation, Chiyo and the three puppets form a seal that opens a powerful vacuum that sucks anything in front of the technique.

Puppet # 9 - Puppet that has long black hair. Works in conjunction with puppet 5. Puppet #9 is able to extend its hand via chain link and connects with Puppet 5 to hurl it around to slice mid-ranged to close-ranged targets.

Puppet # 10 - Bald puppet with big holes in its skull. This puppet's hidden weapons are the long extending cords coiled in the skull that pierce numerous enemies at a time.

What has been known after the battle is that Puppet Nine, Puppet 5 and Puppet 10 were the only ones not destroyed. Puppet Nine was the only to be confirmed, when Tobi and Zetsu serached for Sasori's ring. Puppet Six may not have been destroyed as it was with Puppet Nine. Puppet Ten was only taken by one of the Red Puppets.

Real World
Taken from Wikipedia-

''Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Japanese: 近松門左衛門; real name Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森信盛, 1653 – 6 January 1725) was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki. Chikamatsu is known as the "Japanese Shakespeare" for his assortment of plays staged by puppets in the early era of bunraku stage plays and for the greatest of his work: Encyclopædia Britannica writes that he is "widely regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist."'' more...

Also Monzaemon was from a family of doctors, his father and his younger brother were both doctors and he himself wrote a book on health care in addition to his 130 plays. Which is probably a nod from Kishimoto as in addition to being a poison specialist and puppet user Chiyo is also a skilled medical ninja.