Japanese Art Of Longbow
25 jan 2010 shotlist ap television byodoji temple kyoto 14 december 14th 2009 1.
Japanese art of longbow. Traditionally japanese longbow was made from laminated bamboo wood and leather. Once known as kyūjutsu the archery of medieval hunting and war over time it evolved into today s way of the bow the aim of kyūdō is to train the. The art of the japanese bow. The japanese bow is an important feature of the culture and there is a lot of meaning in its usage.
The techniques use did not change through the centuries even if in the next hundreds of years the bow has evolved. Japanese culture places heavy emphasis on respect and bowing is one of the primary ways that people in japan show respect to other people. By the 16th century japanese longbow was said to be perfect in terms of design. Soundbite japanese nakagawa shinji dan.
Kyūdō is the japanese martial art of archery. As used in english yumi refers more specifically to traditional japanese asymmetrical bows and includes the longer daikyū 大弓 and the shorter hankyū 半弓 used in the practice of kyūdō and kyūjutsu or japanese archery. 500 bc 300 ad. The japanese word for bow is ojigi お辞儀.
Various of nakagawa shinji practicing kyudo japanese archery 2.