Yabusame - Japanese Mounted Archery (流鏑馬)

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Uploaded by on Feb 11, 2008

Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of Japanese archery, one that is performed while riding a horse. The archer shoots a special "turnip-headed" arrow at a wooden target.

This style of archery has its origins at the beginning of the Kamakura period. Minamoto no Yoritomo became alarmed at the lack of archery skills his samurai had. He organized yabusame as a form of practice.

 2008年2月11日、小田原で行われた流鏑馬の様子です。 天気が良くてポカポカ陽気でしたが、逆光でうまく撮影できませんでしたw。 しかもスピードが早いので被写体を捉えることができません。

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  • How far apart are the targets from each other and how far from the track

  • Hi, marksman. Length of track is 240m (approx.262yds). And there are three(3) targets every 60m(approx. 66yds). How far? ummm. It seemed 2-3 meters from left-side of archer.

  • Thank you very much for the answers. If you haven't gone to my video yet, put "Samurai Archery" in the search box. My area is not that long. But I'll have to see if I can get two targets into the area I have so I can practice getting off two shots.

  • Wow. OK. I will ckeck it out in your channel

  • 最高です

  • ありがとうございます^^

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  • できればアジア系の小さい馬でやってほしいなあ。アラブ系の大き­な馬も昔は輸入されていたのだろうけど。

  • hello, can you please tell me if i visit japan where would be the best place to see yabusame and what time of year..thanks.

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