Japanese Short Bow

Dusan,

Great pics! How old could that bow be to be strung? or is it a replica do you think?

J.

I mean that is from province Kaga (Maeda family) about 1730 .This bow is original ,not replica.

Nice pictures! :D Is there more pictures about hankyu bow?

No, this is only pics from this book . Another pics are as usualy about japan long bows.I read about short japan bows from whale bones , but without pics...

Why there is no more pictures? :cry: Why?

Can you post pictures of that lonbows (yumies)?

Well, another pics.But this is not same interesting like that short bow.

(bolje by bylo pogovorit slaviansky , ali nam niko vise neporozume...)

Kobajakawa Takakage Bow and other...

old qiver

Thats a very nice display of the arrow heads. I appreciate that very much. Would you happen to have any dimentions of any? what of those three arrows do you have any more information on them?

Matt

3 arows in ebira qiver are from Muromachi period.

Ok.guys if you like it.More pics from the same book.

And some jap.soldiers from Kamakura period

Thanx man!!!

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Thanks for share, Dusan
I was looking for hankyus and no one found, your pics make me very happy
Thank you,
David, from Spain

Thank you David, i like this site and i am happy if i can help . :D

What is the length of that short bow. Is it a short bow in non japanese sense too?

I don?t know. I only estimate froml lenght of his arrows. :roll:

Very interesting pics from Takako Hanamoto site ," Society for armour of Japan" founded from Yoshihiko Sasama. Old Short yumi bow

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Short arrows in case

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And very interesting Gift(?) arrow.

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Very interesting, thanks for the pictures. One of the short bows looks similar to a bow from Jack Farrell?s collection.

The larger bow looks like it may be gift for newborn son, along with arrows as they have blunt tips, and smaller looks as if it is used for the indoor archery games...They seem to be in quite good condition.

mistake...

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Another short yumi.

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wood bow from Hokaido

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According to the box with the arrows, this is a set of 'yooryuu' (楊柳) bow and arrows for the popular indoor game 'willow bow shooting'. It was a competition between men and women and had some refined sexual connotation.

I have a book with the rules (in Japanese). The introduction says that it was a Chinese game that came to Japan in the Tang Dynasty. (I translated it in 'Chinese Archery'.)

S

This follows up my previous post: