The riders are fully dressed as samurai warriors during the Yabusame Shinji. They wear a costume com
The riders are fully dressed as samurai warriors during the Yabusame Shinji. They wear a costume comprising of a cloak (sokutai), a bracer or arm guard (mukabaki), gloves, fur chaps (mukabaki), shooting shoes (kanokutsu); he carries a long sword (tachi) and short sword (koshigatana), a quiver of arrows (ebira) on his back, and has a bound wisteria bow (shigedō). -- source link
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