or ''Yadzutsu'' is a type of arrow

quiver A quiver is a container for holding arrows, bolts, ammo, projectiles, darts, or javelins. It can be carried on an archer's body, the bow, or the ground, depending on the type of shooting and the archer's personal preference. Quivers were trad ...

used in

kyūdō ''Kyūdō'' ( ja, 弓道) is the Japanese martial art of archery. Kyūdō is based on '' kyūjutsu'' ("art of archery"), which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan. In 1919, the name of kyūjutsu was officially changed to kyūdō, a ...

, Japanese

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

, using the Japanese

longbow A longbow (known as warbow in its time, in contrast to a hunting bow) is a type of tall bow that makes a fairly long draw possible. A longbow is not significantly recurved. Its limbs are relatively narrow and are circular or D-shaped in cross ...

, the

Yumi is the Japanese term for a bow. As used in English, refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer and the shorter used in the practice of and , or Japanese archery. The was an important weap ...

. It is generally cylindrical in shape, and zippered at the top, and appears something like a cylindrical holder of plans. As ''kyūdō ya'' (arrows) are quite long, the ''yazutsu'' is quite long compared to quivers from other styles of archery. Traditional ''yazutsu'' are made of cloth/satin or leather, modern ones are often made of synthetic material. They are often decorated with cord. In kyūdō the ''yazutsu'' is generally just used to carry the arrows to the

dōjō A is a hall or place for immersive learning or meditation. This is traditionally in the field of martial arts, but has been seen increasingly in other fields, such as meditation and software development. The term literally means "place of the ...

. Once in the dōjō, they are held in the hand or placed on the ground for actual nocking and shooting. Traditional archers may use another type of quiver, the ''

yebira are types of quiver used in Japanese archery. The quiver is unusual in that in some cases, it may have open sides, while the arrows are held in the quiver by the tips which sit on a rest at the base of the ebira, and a rib that composes the upper ...

''. This may be worn on the back, and is also used in modern ceremonial archery.

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