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Dosha-archery is a form of Japanese archery with the purpose of shooting arrows from one end to the other of the outer area on the west side of Sanjyusangen-do temple. It was done in this temple in Kyoto for the first time in the mid twelfth century (according to another reports, fifteenth century) and flourished also in Edo, present-day Tokyo. It started with testing one's skills as primary object, but since the 17th century the main purpose has come to compete with others in the amount of arrows shot.
In order to show the merits of Dosha-archery competition by quantity, even within the Japanese martial arts (bujyutsu _??__??_) its existence is unique. Dosha-archery was by its equal implementation qualifications and its objectivety established as an open and public competition based on clear and decisive standards.
This paper aims to clarify the actual conditions of the Sanjyusangen-do temple as a place for competitive sports training. The outcome of the research is to make clarify the differences in the scale of Kyoto Sanjyusangen-do temple and theEdo, present-day Tokyo Sanjyusangen-do temple.
