A Japanese horseback archery exhibition at Mihashira Shrine in Yanagawa City
A Japanese horseback archery exhibition is held at Mihashira Shrine on a track with a row of cherry blossom trees in full bloom on each side.
The Japanese horseback archery exhibition is introduced via beautiful pictures and videos.
Mihashira Shrine surrounded by cherry blossom trees in full bloom
The date and location
March, 2019
Mihashira Shrine, Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture
The main hall of Mihashira Shrine
The cherry blossom
The cherry blossom trees in full bloom
Yanagawa City is famous for canal boat tours.
The docks are surrounded by cherry blossom trees in full bloom
The track for Japanese horseback archer
The special truck for Japanese horseback archery at the precinct of Mihashira Shrine
The track: 250m
The targets: three targets (the first target, the second target, the third target)
The track for Japanese horseback archery
A photo taken from the start point of the track
The program for the Japanese horseback archery exhibition
The photos below show the whole 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 Yabusame rites 'Hon-gi' and 'Kisya-Hasamimono'.
The former part of this video shows an archer shooting at the second target and the latter shows an archer shooting at the third target.
A Video of the Japanese horseback archery exhibition at Mihashira Shrine
Photos of the Japanese horseback archery rite, 'Hon-gi'
Soke Minamoto Nagamune, the master of Ogasawara-ryu Yabusame(Ogasawara Yabusame school), succeeded from the ruling family of the Kokura domain
A photo of his second shot taken from the target side
A photo of his third shot taken from the front
Archer Akira Ogura
A photo of his second shot taken from the viewers' side
A photo of his second shot taken from the target side
A photo of his third shot taken from the front
Archer Rika Tateno
A photo of her second shot taken from the viewers' side
A photo of her third shot taken from the front
Archer Masayuki Takahashi
A photo of his third shot taken from the front
Archer Takafumi Chiba
A photo of his second shot taken from the viewers' side
A photo of his third shot taken from the front
A photo of the 'Horo-hiki'rite
The 'Horo-hiki' rite is performed by an apprentice archer after archers shoot.
In the 'Horo-hiki' rite, an apprentice archer rides a horse with a streamer, 'Horo,' on its shoulder. This rite shows the determination of the apprentice to be a good archer.
Apprentice archer Shoko Matsumoto
the 'Horo-hiki'rite
