French version
Yabusame流鏑馬alternative words: Archery on horseback, Mounted archery keywords: sport related topics: Heian period , Meiji period , Samurai related web sites: http://fujigoko.tv/katsuyama/yabusa/siki/ , http://www.shonan134.com/kamakura/yabusame/yabusame.html , http://www.miyachou.com/maturi/yabusame.html explanation: Sport that consists in shooting successively 3 targets from a horse in a full gallop. According to a legend, it was started in the 6th century by Kinmei emperor in order to pray for a peace but Yabusame became really popular from the late Heian period when Samurai took power. It declined once during Meiji period with the disappearance of Samurai but has revived as tourist attraction in many shrines such as Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura. The most famous schools are Takeda and Ogasawara. Page number: 1 1 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |