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  2. Yumi - Wikipedia

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    Japanese bows, arrows, and arrow-stand Yumi bow names. Yumi 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 and the shorter hankyū used in the practice of kyūdō and kyūjutsu, or Japanese archery.

  3. Yumi (name) - Wikipedia

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    Yumi Yoshimura, a character in the Japanese-American animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Yumi Fukuzawa (福沢 祐巳), the main character from the novel, manga, and anime series Maria-sama ga Miteru

  4. Yumi Matsutoya - Wikipedia

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    Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷 由実, Matsutōya Yumi, born January 19, 1954), nicknamed Yuming (ユーミン, Yūmin), [1] is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. . Generally the writer of both the lyrics and the music in her songs, [2] she is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice and live performances, and is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Japanese popular mus

  5. Hama yumi - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Kyūdō - Wikipedia

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    The yumi (Japanese bow) as a weapon of war began its gradual decline after the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543 bringing firearms with them in the form of the matchlock. [8] The Japanese soon started to manufacture their own version of the matchlock called tanegashima and eventually it and the yari (spear) became

  7. Azusa Yumi - Wikipedia

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    An azusa yumi is a sacred bow used in certain Shinto rituals in Japan, as well as a Japanese musical bow, made from the wood of the Japanese azusa or Japanese cherry birch tree (Betula grossa). [1] Playing an azusa yumi forms part of some Shinto rituals; in Japan, it is believed that merely the twanging of the bowstring will frighten ghosts and ...

  8. Kyūjutsu - Wikipedia

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    The yumi (Japanese bow) as a weapon of war began its gradual decline after the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543 bringing firearms with them in the form of the matchlock. [8] The Japanese soon started to manufacture their own version of the matchlock called tanegashima and eventually the tanegashima and the yari (spear) became the weapons of ...

  9. Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto - Wikipedia

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    The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み, "reading, counting"). [3] The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi (月弓, "moon bow"), but this yumi is likely a variation in pronunciation of yomi. [3]