![]() ![]() Euonymus hamiltonianus, Zelkova serrata, and Toxicodendron succedaneum, which are highly elastic wood, came to be used for making yumi, and many yumi became as long as roughly 7 shaku 3 sun (2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)), increasing their power and range. In the Nara period, lacquered bows with more weather resistance and decorative features appeared. The length of most bows in this period ranged from 70 to 150 cm (28 to 59 in), and it is thought that they were powerful enough to shoot enemies and animals at close range. Some of the bows found as burial goods in kofun (ancient tombs) during the Kofun period (300–538 CE) were decorated with gold or silver, and it is believed that they were also used in ceremonies. It is unknown when the asymmetrical yumi came into use, but the first written record is found in the Book of Wei, a Chinese historical manuscript dating to the 3rd century CE, which describes the people of the Japanese islands using "spears, shields, and wooden bows for arms the wooden bows are made with the lower limbs short and the upper limbs long and bamboo arrows with points of either iron or bone." The oldest asymmetrical yumi found to date was discovered in Nara Prefecture, and is estimated to be from the 5th century. The bows in these periods were made from a single processed wood, and the bows with this structure were called maruki yumi ( 丸木弓) and were used until the Nara period (710–794 CE). 3rd century BCE–2nd/3rd century CE) bows are 2 to 2.3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 7 ft 7 in) in length. 14,000–300 BCE) bows are 1.2 to 1.6 metres (3 ft 11 in to 5 ft 3 in) in length, while most of the Yayoi period ( c. ![]() The most famous style of yumi is an asymmetrically shaped long bow with a length of more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in), characterized by the archer holding the part of the bow below the center to shoot the arrow. It is typically shot with Japanese arrows known as ya. The yumi was an important weapon of the samurai warrior during the feudal period of Japan. 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. Yumi ( 弓) is the Japanese term for a bow. Japanese bows, arrows, and arrow-stand Yumi bow names Since 3rd century (the asymmetrical yumi)
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