Fukui City Ichijoudani Asakura Clan Ruins The Japanese Horseback Archery Exhibition

Fukui City Ichijoudani Asakura Clan Ruins The Japanese Horseback Archery Exhibition

A Yabusame exhibition was held at the open space in front of the Kara-mon Gate of the Ichijoudani Asakura Clan Ruins in Fukui City. The Japanese horseback archery exhibition is introduced via beautiful videos and pictures.

The date and location 

June, 2019

Ichijoudani, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
The open space in front of the Kara-mon Gate of the Ichijoudani Asakura Clan Ruins

The Kara-mon Gate and the open space in front of the Kara-mon Gate


The track for Yabusame 

The open space in front of the Kara-mon Gate of the Ichijoudani Asakura Clan Ruins

The track: 160m
The targets: two targets (the first target, the second target)



The track for Yabusame
A photograph taken from the starting point of the track


An archer warming up for the exhibition 

Warming up for the exhibition


The program for the Japanese horseback archery exhibition 

he photos below show the entire program for the Japanese horseback archery exhibition

The program for the Japanese horseback archery exhibition


A Video of the Japanese horseback archery rite,'Hon-gi'

The video below shows a Yabusame exhibition held at Ichijoudani Asakura Clan Ruins
This video mainly shows archers shooting at the second target.

A Video of the Japanese horseback archery exhibition at Ichijoudani Asakura Clan Ruins 



Photos of the Japanese horseback archery rite, 'Hon-gi'

Soke Minamoto Nagamune, the master of Ogasawara-ryu Yabusame(Ogasawara Yabusame School) 

The archer between the first target and the second target


The archer at the second target



Archer Takeshi Kishi 

The archer between the first target and the second target


The archer at the second target



Archer Rika Tateno 

The archer between the first target and the second target


The archer at the second target



Archer Masayuki Takahashi 

The archer at the second target



Archer Akira Ogura 

The archer at the second target



Archer Takafumi Chiba 

The archer between the first target and the second target


The archer at the second target



Archer Hitomi Nakasima 

The archer between the first target and the second target


The archer at the second target