流鏑馬やぶさめ

noun

horseback archery; yabusame

A traditional Japanese martial art where archers shoot at targets while riding a galloping horse. Often performed at Shinto ceremonies.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいから続つづく流鏑馬やぶさめが、神じん社じゃの祭さい礼れいで奉ほう納のうされた。

  Yabusame, which has continued since the Kamakura period, was dedicated at the shrine festival.

• 流鏑馬やぶさめの射しゃ手しゅは、疾しっ走そうする馬うまの上うえから的まとを射い抜ぬく。

  A yabusame archer shoots targets from atop a galloping horse.