遠野南部流鏑馬保存会

遠野南部流鏑馬は、建武元年（1334）に南部4代師行（もろゆき）が青森県八戸市の櫛引八幡宮に奉納したのが創始とされます。寛永4年（1627）に八戸から遠野へと移封され、寛文元年（1661）遠野郷八幡宮に馬場を造って流鏑馬を奉納しました。移封後も宗家より櫛引八幡宮への奉納を命じられ、毎年遠野から八戸まで出張して流鏑馬を執り行いました。明治期の断絶を乗り越え昭和28年（1953）に復活した以後、欠かさず奉納されています。特徴は、介添奉行が「よう射たりや」と連呼しながら射手の後を追う事で、全国的にも南部流鏑馬でしか見ることができません。

Tono Nambu Yabusame Preservation Society (Tono City, Iwate Prefecture)
Tono Nambu Yabusame (horseback archery) is said to have originated in 1334 when Moroyuki, the fourth generation of Nambu, dedicated it to Kushihiki Hachimangu Shrine in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture. In 1627, he was transferred from Hachinohe to Tono, and in 1661, he built a stable at Tonogo Hachimangu Shrine and dedicated a yabusame performance. Even after the transfer, he was ordered by the head family to make dedication performances to Kushihiki Hachimangu Shrine, traveling from Tono to Hachinohe every year to perform yabusame. The ceremony was revived in 1953 after it was discontinued during the Meiji period, and has been performed every year since. One of the characteristics is that the attendant follows the archers while praising “You itariya”, which were compliments for the archers. This is something that can only be seen in a Nambu Yabusame.