. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history -- Periodicals; Essex County (Mass. ) -- History Periodicals. OF ARROW-RELEASE. 185 airo. The Analects of Confucius, the Doctrine of the ^Slcan, and other ancient writings bear ample testimony to the hiirh esteem in which this manly art was held. In the Shi King, or book of ancient Chinese poetry (translation of Legge), the following allusions refer to the use of the thumb-ring, which was also called a thimble, and also apdn chi, or finger regulator. " "With archer's thimble at his girdle ; And again,— &quo
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history -- Periodicals; Essex County (Mass. ) -- History Periodicals. OF ARROW-RELEASE. 185 airo. The Analects of Confucius, the Doctrine of the ^Slcan, and other ancient writings bear ample testimony to the hiirh esteem in which this manly art was held. In the Shi King, or book of ancient Chinese poetry (translation of Legge), the following allusions refer to the use of the thumb-ring, which was also called a thimble, and also apdn chi, or finger regulator. " "With archer's thimble at his girdle ; And again,— " Each right thumb wore the metal ; Concerning Japanese archery methods in past times,. Fig. 53. Japanese. what little evidence we have on the sul)ject points to a Mongolian form of release. The archers have always formed a favorite study for the Japanese artist, and many details of the bow and arrow and attitudes of the archer may be got from old paintings and drawings. The rep- resentations of the hand in shooting, though often drawn conventionally, are easily interpreted as releasing the ar- row after the Mongolian method. Fig. 58 is copied from a vigorous drawing, showing the attitude of the shaft- hand in the attitude of release. In the Shinto temple at jNliyajima is a picture over two hundred years old, in which the archer's hand is shown in the attitude of the ESSKX INST. , VOL. XVII 'Ji. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Essex Institute. Salem, Mass. , Essex Institute
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