noun
quiver (box-shaped, worn on the back)
Historical term for a specific type of quiver used in ancient Japan, distinct from the tubular 箙 (えびら). The reading ゆき is obsolete.
博物館で、武士が背負っていた靫を見た。
At the museum, I saw a quiver that samurai used to carry on their backs.
靫は、主に騎射用の矢を入れる箱形の道具である。
The yugi is a box-shaped implement mainly used to hold arrows for mounted archery.
Variant kanji form; less common but attested.
Another historical quiver, but tubular in shape and worn at the side, unlike the box-shaped 靫 worn on the back.
The derivation is uncertain; the kanji 靫 is conventionally associated with this historical quiver.