At the end of the Edo period, in 1862, the 'ceremony of presenting Kyujutsu' at the Edo bakufu (the Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) was abolished, and Kyujutsu was eliminated from the subjects taught at Kobusho (institute for martial arts training). |
江戸末期の文久2年(1862年)、江戸幕府での「弓術上覧の儀」が廃止され、講武所の教科目からも弓術が除外された。 |