also: ゆにわ · ゆみば
archery ground; archery gallery
Archaic term for a place where archery is practiced or performed. In modern Japanese, 射場 (しゃじょう) is more common.
See also: 射場 (しゃじょう)
Old documents record that samurai competed in skill at the archery ground.
imperial archery ceremony (Heian/Kamakura) · first bow shooting of the year (military families)
Standard kanji spelling for the reading ゆば.
Alternate reading for the same kanji spelling; less common.
Alternate kanji spelling with the reading ゆにわ; less common.
Compound of 弓 (ゆ, 'bow') and 場 (ば, 'place'). The reading ゆみば is a variant using the more common reading ゆみ for 弓. 弓庭 (ゆにわ) uses 庭 (にわ, 'garden') instead of 場.