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Photo Essay HDR Japan Traditional Japanese Archery
Photo Essay HDR Japan Traditional Japanese Archery | Traditional Japanese Archery |
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| Thursday, 31 January 2008 | |
 Over one thousand years ago, the art of yabusame, or Japanese archery performed on horseback, was used in battle during the era of the Japanese samurai. During the Kamakura Period, archery on horseback was used as a military training exercise to keep samurai prepared for war. Those archers who did poorly might find themselves commanded to commit seppuku, or ritualistic suicide. No part of this article may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission.
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