Ε. Gilbertson (1895), 'Japanese Archery and Archers', Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society of London, 4, pp. 112-26.

NOTWITHSTANDINGtheintroductionoffirearmsinI542,the bowwaslookeduponbytheJapanese,untilaverylateperiod, asamostimportantweaponofwar,andskilfularcherswere heldinhighestimation.Theexploitsoftheirmilitarycelebritiesasarchersareamongthemostpopularones,andthe mostcarefullyhandeddown,whilewehearnothinguntilquite moderntimes,ofthepartplayedbyartilleryandsmallarms. Archerywasanessentialbranchoftheeducationofthenobles, andthehabitofshootingfromhorsebackwhileinswiftmotion, soastodeliveranarrowaccuratelyinanydirection,was diligentlycultivated.Archery,asanart,wasprobablyintroducedfromChina,forwefrequentlyfindarchersrepresented, onmetalworkespecially,inChinesecostume,thesubjects beingalsoderivedfromChinesehistory.Oneofthemost commonoftheseisconnectedwiththefamousChinesearcher Yoyuki,whomtheycalledtheShogunofDivineArchery.He isreportedtohavebroughtdownagoosethatwasflyingabove acloud,andthereforeinvisible,hisaimbeingdirectedsolelyby thecryofthebird.