Saturday, October 17, 2009

Yabusame; Mounted Archery


Yabusame is a type of Japanese archery, one that is performed while riding a horse.

It is dedicated to gods of this shrine in a festival of thanksgiving this year's harvest.


This is a purification ceremony.
Do the horses understand the situation?




We can't ask too much of them.

In front of a shrine gate mounted archers performed archery gestures.