Post by Sō Haruko on Jun 17, 2012 21:15:17 GMT -5
Konnichiwa, tomodachi!
I am having a discussion with a friend of mine off-board, regarding Japanese-style archery. We both agree that typically a daikyu was drawn to the chest -- at least, all the illustrations of it that I have seen have been that way.
I've realized that I've had a very hard time finding documentation about the hankyu, and am hoping that perhaps someone here has already done research in that area. Does anyone know where I can find some general documentation about the short bow and how it was typically shot? If it's shot from the chest, that makes the arrow length very different from being shot from the face area.
I personally would prefer long-term to acquire and/or make a hankyu (that Backyard Bowyer stuff on YouTube is inspiring! though I don't know if Caid permits PVC bows). The daikyu are so large I can't figure out how to portage one without buying a new car or making one of PVC and making it a take-down. For the record, right now I'm using a standard recurve, and shooting it left-handed. Oh, so very not-Nihonjin. ;D
I am having a discussion with a friend of mine off-board, regarding Japanese-style archery. We both agree that typically a daikyu was drawn to the chest -- at least, all the illustrations of it that I have seen have been that way.
I've realized that I've had a very hard time finding documentation about the hankyu, and am hoping that perhaps someone here has already done research in that area. Does anyone know where I can find some general documentation about the short bow and how it was typically shot? If it's shot from the chest, that makes the arrow length very different from being shot from the face area.
I personally would prefer long-term to acquire and/or make a hankyu (that Backyard Bowyer stuff on YouTube is inspiring! though I don't know if Caid permits PVC bows). The daikyu are so large I can't figure out how to portage one without buying a new car or making one of PVC and making it a take-down. For the record, right now I'm using a standard recurve, and shooting it left-handed. Oh, so very not-Nihonjin. ;D
