In 1966, Junji Miyata shot the arrow 334m at the 12th Inagashi Competition held in Oarai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, setting a competition / national record and winning first place, and received the Ibaraki Prefectural Governor's Award. Inagashi is the long-distance shooting technique in traditional Kyudo, which was explained in Gosha - Rokuka.
The distance of 334m is probably the number one record in official competitions even now, even now that the number of Inagashi shooting competitions has decreased, but at that time it was the number one record in Japan as the official record.


Bow used: 6 sun-zumari bamboo bow (203 cm, approximately 30 kg / 85 cm]) (Made by Minamizaki, Yoshitoshi Shaped by Sone, Masayasu)


Arrow used: Toya Takeya (Sone, Masayasu)


The bow used in this contest was made by Yoshitoshi, Minamizaki (Body part, Fuji-Banashi), and shaped by Sone, Masayasu (Mura), and later turned into the lacquered bow (Nuri-Yumi). The arrow is thinner and lighter than a normal arrow for 28m, with a diameter of less than 6 mm, and has the smallest arrow feathers that are attached to keep the minimum balance.


Inagashi is the Traditional Kyudo / Kyujutsu shooting method that Samurai shot as far as possible, to deliver a letter attached to the arrow when surrounded by emery in the battlefield. In order to minimize the friction between the arrow and the string, the string is as thin as possible and does not have Naka-Jikake. With such specifications of bow equipment, shooting itself becomes extremely difficult. Since there is no Nakajikake in the string, if you cannot do Torikake in basic / right way, Yakobore or Hazukobore will happen easily. If you draw a strong bow but make a shot in Mete-banake, you never shoot the arrow straight.


Even in the extremely difficult archery techniques such as Toya-mae, all the basics of Kyudo is the most important. The basic techniques of Kyudo acquired in Makiwara / Kinteki practice, also leads to a successful shooting in such a extremely difficult shooting, Toya-Mae.

The bow and the arrows used in the Inagashi contest

The record of the 12th Inagashi Competition

the Ibaraki Prefectural Governor's Award