Kasagake
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Kasagake or Kasakake is a type of Japanese mounted archery. In contrast to yabusame, the types of targets are various and the archer shoots without stopping the horse. While yabusame has been played a
Kasagake depicted around 1250 in emakimono "Obusuma Saburo ekotoba".
The hat the man wearing is ayaigasa, which was initially used as targets for kasagake.
Yabusame
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Yabusame is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery. An archer on a running horse shoots three special "turnip-headed" arrows successively at three wooden targets.
Kasagake
…Kasagake or Kasakake (笠懸, lit. "hat shooting") is a type of Japanese mounted archery. In contrast to yabusame, the types of targets are various and the archer shoots without stopping the horse. While yabusame has been played as a part of formal ceremonies…
Yabusame archer on horseback
Yabusame archer takes aim on the second target.
Yabusame demonstrated for United States president George W. Bush at the Meiji Shrine