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Japanese bows, arrows, and arrow-stand Hama yumi, with hama ya. The hama yumi (破魔弓, lit. 'evil-destroying bow') is a sacred bow used in 1103 A.D. in Japan. [1] This bow is said to be one of the oldest and most sacred Japanese weapons; the first Emperor Jimmu is always depicted carrying a bow.
Japanese bows, arrows, and arrow-stand Yumi bow names Yumi ( 弓 ) is the Japanese term for a bow . As used in English , yumi refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer daikyū ( 大弓 ) and the shorter hankyū ( 半弓 ) used in the practice of kyūdō and kyūjutsu , or Japanese archery .
YBA or yba can refer to a number of things: Young British Artists, a movement of British artists in the 1980s and 1990s; Yala language, a language spoken in Ogoja, Nigeria, by ISO 639 code; Young Buddhist Association, an association of Buddhists in the U.S. Banff Airport, an airstrip near Banff, Alberta, Canada, by IATA code
X-Blades is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. [1] The player assumes the role of Ayumi who wields two pistol-blades.The game was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and was published by SouthPeak Games and TopWare Interactive.
Samurai archer shooting a kabura-ya over the Azuchi. Kabura-ya (鏑矢, lit. 'turnip[-headed] arrow') is a type of Japanese arrow used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. . Kabura-ya were arrows which whistled when shot [1] and were used in ritual archery exchanges before formal medieval ba
A flu-flu arrow is a type of arrow specifically designed to travel a short distance. Such arrows are particularly useful when shooting at aerial targets or for certain types of recreational archery where the arrow must not travel too far. One of the main uses of these arrows is that they do not get lost as easily if they miss the target.
Stand Star Platinum Jotaro " JoJo " Kujo ( Japanese : 空条 承太郎 , Hepburn : Kūjō Jōtarō ) is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki .
Soul Edge [b] is a 1996 fighting game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It is the first installment in the Soulcalibur series . Introduced at the JAMMA trade show in November 1995, [ 10 ] the full arcade game was released in February 1996 on System 11 hardware, [ 1 ] the same board used by Tekken and Tekken 2 .