Takamoto, Kyūjutsu sensei (Footsore Miniatures) (Test of Honour) (Ronin)

 

Hello friends!

I invite you today to see one of the nicest miniature from my "Japanese" collection that I painted this year.

Kyūjutsu sensei from Footsore Miniatures, a master bowman.

One could write about the ART of using a bow all day and it would not be enough, so I will limit myself to a short explanation of the name.

Kyūjutsu (弓術) ("art of archery") is the traditional Japanese martial art of wielding a bow (yumi) as practiced by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
        Although the samurai are perhaps best known for their swordsmanship with a katana (kenjutsu), kyūjutsu was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history. 

       During the majority of the Kamakura period through the Muromachi period (c.1185–c.1568), the bow was almost exclusively the symbol of the professional warrior, and way of life of the warrior was referred to as "the way of the horse and bow" (弓馬の道, kyūba no michi).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABjutsu

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