Japanese Style Longbow
Most people will remember its special form when they have seen one of these japanese bows.
Japanese style longbow. Traditionally japanese longbow was made from laminated bamboo wood and leather. All wood bows that strike at the heart of primitive archery. Yumi japanese traditional bow. Turkish bow best in the world shoot faster than 240 km of speed duration.
Purchase kyudo japanese 87 traditional bow at lancaster archery supply. This yumi style japanese longbow is custom made to your height see chart below. My account ask an expert cart 0 my account. Told from the japanese perspective 1 2 duration.
The style of. 500 bc 300 ad. This is the same style of bow utilized by the famed samurai warriors of feudal japan. Yumi is the japanese term for a bow.
Its length ranges from 212 cm 245 cm 6 ft 11 in 8 ft. It is not only the length that makes the yumi special though. From the medieval english longbows to american style flat bows and self bows aka selfbows. The changing of society and the military class taking power at the end of the first millennium created a requirement for education in archery this led to the birth of the first kyujutsu ryūha style the henmi.
The yumi was an important weapon of the samurai warrior during the feudal period of japan. Compared to the longbow this is pretty amazing as the longbow is already longer than many archers are tall. The video shows the final stage of creating a yumi namely bringing it to life through its use. While samurai are usually recognized for their swordsmanship proficiency with the yumi japanese bow was actually considered a more valuable skill through much of japan s history.
The battle of midway 1942. The beginning of archery in japan is pre historical. The first images picturing the distinct japanese asymmetrical longbow are from the yayoi period c. The techniques use did not change through the centuries even if in the next hundreds of years the bow has evolved.
This video completes the series of yumi making videos by showing form and function. Get techxpert advice online from our archery experts. Modern use of the yumi bow is known as kyudo or way of the bow. As with all yumi bows this is an asymmetrical design and the handle is off center.
It pulls between 30 and 35 pounds and has a draw length of up to 32 inches. By the 16th century japanese longbow was said to be perfect in terms of design.