archer's glove; yugake
A traditional Japanese archery glove, usually made of deerskin, with a hardened groove at the base of the thumb used to draw the bowstring. Primarily used in kyudo.
In kyudo, you wear a yugake on your right hand to draw the bowstring.
This yugake is made of deerskin.
Standard modern spelling for the archer's glove.
Variant without the okurigana け.
Alternate kanji for 懸け, also seen.
Out-dated kanji; rarely used in modern texts.
Out-dated kanji; rarely used in modern texts.
Compound of 弓 (yumi, 'bow') and 懸け (kake, 'hanging' or 'hooking'), referring to the glove's function of hooking the bowstring. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.