Topic: Ming Bow

To my knowledge there are no examples of Ming bows that are in existence however from all the drawings and the archery manuals that survived the Qing Dynasty the bows were smaller with small siyahs and resembled Tatar bows is it possible that the Korean bow was an "off shoot" of the Ming?  I know that one has to be careful using artistic representations for evidence but to my mind it does seem likely that the Ming and the Koreans would share some archery aspects as they did fight as allies against the Japanese pirates and others.

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Re: Ming Bow

Hi there, i found this link which outlines bows model based on the Ming Dynasty http://www.cinnabarbow.com/marinerbows/ming.html they don't resemble much the currently korean bow.
Regards,
Gabriel

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Right here: http://www.cinnabarbow.com/chinesearchery/ under equipment

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Or here:

http://www.atarn.org/chinese/wubeiyl.htm


M.

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