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A tenugui is a traditional Japanese decorative towel made from a thin and light cotton. It dates back to the Heian period or earlier. By the Edo period , tenugui became what they are today; about 35 by 90 centimetres (14 by 35 in) in size, plain woven , and almost always dyed with plain color or some pattern.
A young Luan fledgling meant to act as a celestial guide for Yūya. Its egg was sent to him after he has elevated to a special holy rank. Like a Phoenix, it rises again if killed, stronger than before, and can bestow this ability to its allies as well. It was named by Yūya after the French word for "sky" owing to its blue plumage.
'Pyeonjeon', (aka "(편전)", "Junjun") or aegisal ("애기살" or "baby arrow" or sometimes "mini-arrow") is a short arrow or bolt, shot using a longer bamboo arrow guide called the tongah in Korean archery. The tongah (aka "Tong-ah") allows one to draw a short arrow at a full draw length with a full sized bow, it is an overdraw device.
A sarashi (晒し, "bleached cloth") is a kind of white cloth, usually cotton, or less commonly linen, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] used to make various garments in Japan ...
Characters also have resistance to a number of elements: Fire, Ice, Thunder, Light, Dark and Poison. These can be raised by equipment, but also through endurance: by taking damage of a particular elemental kind, they can increase their resistance to it, but being killed by an attack of that type will decrease the resistance level by a point.
The company continues to produce and sell tenugui, along with other items such as business card holders and bags. [2] Currently it has 9 stores around Kyoto [2] and 60 employees in total. [1] In recent years, as a brand, it has gained popularity among foreign visitors for offering items of both traditional and artistic design. [5]
Kyūjutsu (弓術) ("art of archery") is the traditional Japanese martial art of wielding a bow as practiced by the samurai class of feudal Japan. [1] Although the samurai are perhaps best known for their swordsmanship with a katana ( kenjutsu ), kyūjutsu was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history.
At the beginning and end of a match, opponents will bow to each other as a sign of mutual respect and humility. Before each training session, a player will bow first to the shōmen (正面, the direction of the Shinto altar or the most important person), then bow to his teachers and finally to his practice partner. In a tournament, the players ...