楊よう弓きゅう

noun

small toy bow (Edo period)

A small bow that could be shot while seated, popular as a parlor game during the Edo period. Now a historical term.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、座すわったまま楊よう弓きゅうを射いる遊あそびが流りゅう行こうした。

  In the Edo period, a game of shooting a small bow while seated became popular.