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Yumi History

Time Period Type of Bow Bow Formation
Prehistoric Maruki Single piece of wood
c.800-900 Fusetake Wood with bamboo front
c.1100 Sanmaiuchi Wood with bamboo front and back
c.1300–1400 Shihochiku Wood surrounded with bamboo
c.1550 Sanbonhigo (Higoyumi) Three-piece bamboo laminate core, wooden sides, bamboo front and back
c.1600 Yohonhigo (Higoyumi) Four-piece bamboo laminate core, wooden sides, bamboo front and back
c.1650 Gohonhigo (Higoyumi) Five-piece bamboo (or bamboo and wood) laminate core, wooden sides, bamboo front and back
c.1971-Modern times Glass fiber Wooden laminate core, FRP front and back

The Korekawa bow, from the late Jōmon period which ended about 400 BCE, is laminated.

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