yumi
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Key facts
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.image
- Yumi02.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- from behind, profile
- Weapon.type
- Asymmetrical bow
- Weapon.sheath_type
- Lacquered wood
- Weapon.image_size
- 280
- Weapon.origin
- Japan
- Weapon.used_by
- Samurai, Onna-musha, Kyudo practitioners
- Weapon.production_date
- Since 3rd century (the asymmetrical )
- Weapon.cartridge
- Arrow length:
- Weapon.hilt_type
- laminating bamboo, wood and leather
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Shape
- String
- Care and maintenance
- Bow lengths
- Gallery
- Popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright|Japanese bows, arrows, and arrow-stand thumb|upright=1.3| bow names
is the Japanese term for a bow. As used in English, refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer and the shorter used in the practice of and , or Japanese archery.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “yumi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.