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English: Among the tangible folk cultural properties such as costumes, tools and stages associated with the intangible folk cultural properties, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology can designate the ones judged to be especially important as "important tangible folk cultural properties" (Article 78, Clause 1).
Japanese: 文部科学大臣は、無形の民俗文化財に用いられる衣服、器具、家具など有形の民俗文化財のうち、特に重要なものを重要有形民俗文化財に指定することができる（第78条第1項）。
English: In accordance with the 2004 revision (Article 90, Clause 1) of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, a registration system was established for those tangible folk cultural properties that have not been designated by the nation or a local public entity but at the same time need necessary preservation and proper usage as annual events.
Japanese: 2004年（平成16年）の文化財保護法改正により、国または地方公共団体の指定を受けていない有形の民俗文化財のうち保存と活用が特に必要なものを年中行事に登録できることになった（第90条第1項）。
English: The first three cases to be registered were the "wakasa agate grinding tools," the "grape cultivation tools and winemaking tools of Katsunuma" and the "Unshu abacus-making tool," as announced in the official gazette on March 15, 2006.
Japanese: 最初の登録物件は「若狭めのう玉磨用具」「勝沼のぶどう栽培用具及び葡萄酒醸造用具」「雲州そろばんの製作用具」の3件で、2006年（平成18年）3月15日に官報告示された。
English: Among the intangible folk cultural properties (such as folk customs, public entertainments and traditional skills), the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology can designate the ones judged to be especially important as "important intangible folk cultural properties" (Article 78, Clause 1).
Japanese: また、文部科学大臣は、風俗慣習、民俗芸能、民俗技術などの無形の民俗文化財のうち特に重要なものを重要無形民俗文化財に指定することができる（第78条第1項）。
English: Among the intangible folk cultural properties other than the important intangible folk cultural properties, those that merit measures aimed at compiling, preserving or disclosing their recording documents are selected as "intangible folk cultural properties that deserve measures for documentation" (Article 87, Clause 1).
Japanese: また、重要無形民俗文化財以外の無形の民俗文化財のうち、その記録を作成し、保存し、または公開するための措置を講ずるものを「記録作成等の措置を講ずべき無形の民俗文化財」として選択することができる（第87条第1項）。
English: Historical sites (such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, citadel style castle sites, castle sites and old residences), famous places of scenic beauty (such as gardens, bridges, canyons, coasts and mountains), and natural creations (such as animals, plants and geological minerals) are collectively called monuments.
Japanese: 貝塚、古墳、都城跡、城、旧宅などの遺跡、庭園、橋、峡谷、海浜、山岳などの名勝地、動物、植物、地質鉱物などの自然の産物は記念物と総称されている。
English: Among such monuments, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology can designate the ones judged to be important as "historical spots, places of natural scenery and natural monuments" (Article 109, Clause 1).
Japanese: 文部科学大臣は、記念物のうち重要なものを史跡、名勝、天然記念物に指定することができる（第109条第1項）。
English: The Minister can designate those of the monuments listed above that are judged to be especially important as "special historical spots, special places of natural scenery and special natural monuments" and place them under special care (Article 109, Clause 2).
Japanese: さらに、その中でも特に重要なものを特別史跡、特別名勝、特別天然記念物に指定し、重点的な保護のもとにおくことができる（第109条第2項）。
English: In accordance with the 2004 revision (Article 132, Clause 1) of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, a registration system was established for monuments that have not been designated by the nation or a local public entity but at the same time need necessary preservation and proper usage as registered monuments.
Japanese: 2004年（平成16年）の文化財保護法改正により、国または地方公共団体の指定を受けていない記念物のうち、保存と活用が特に必要なものを登録記念物に登録できることになった（第132条第1項）。
English: The first three cases to be registered were Hakodate Park (Hakodate City, Hokkaido), Futatabi Park (Kobe City) and Sorakuen Garden (Kobe City), as announced in the official gazette on January 26, 2006.
Japanese: 最初の登録物件は「函館公園」（北海道函館市）、「再度公園」（神戸市）、「相楽園」（神戸市）の3件で、2006年（平成18年）1月26日に官報告示された。
English: A cultural landscape is defined as being the local life and livelihood of a region, as well as the scenes formed by the customs of that region that reflect the local people's lives and livelihoods.
Japanese: 地域における人々の生活または生業、および当該地域の風土により形成された景観地は文化的景観と定義されている。
English: In accordance with the 2004 revision in the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, this genre of cultural properties was established; the so-called "original scenery of Japan" such as tanada (terraced rice fields) and satoyama (outskirts of the country) fall within this genre.
Japanese: 2004年（平成16年）の文化財保護法改正により創設された文化財のジャンルであり、「日本の原風景」などと呼ばれるような、棚田や里山などの景観がこれに該当する。
English: As part of the project for the preservation and usage of the Cultural Landscapes, the Advisory Committee for the Preservation and Maintenance of Cultural Landscapes of the Agency for Cultural Affairs identified 180 important regions in its third investigation.
Japanese: 文化庁は文化的景観の保存・活用事業を実施しており、文化庁の「文化的景観の保存・整備に関する検討委員会」が第三次調査で180の重要地域を選定した。
English: The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology can select, from among the cultural landscapes that deserve to have preservation measures from the prefecture or the municipality, the especially important ones as "important cultural landscapes" (Article 134, Clause 1).
Japanese: 文部科学大臣は、景観地区などとして都道府県または市町村が保存措置を講じている文化的景観の中から特に重要なものを重要文化的景観として選定することができる（第134条第1項）。
English: The first selected case of an "important cultural landscape " was the "scenery of the Omi-hachiman lakeside region" in Omi-Hachiman City of Shiga Prefecture, as announced in the official gazette on January 26, 2006.
Japanese: 重要文化的景観選定の第1号は滋賀県近江八幡市の「近江八幡の水郷」で、2006年（平成18年）1月26日に官報告示された。
English: The second selected case was the "farm village scenery of Ichinoseki Hondera Temple" in Ichinoseki City of Iwate Prefecture, as announced in the official gazette on July 28, 2006.
Japanese: 第2号は岩手県一関市の「一関本寺の農村景観」で2006年（平成18年）7月28日に選定された。
English: Classic architecture is defined as being the highly valued traditional architecture that merges harmoniously with the surrounding environment to form a scene of historical beauty.
Japanese: 周囲の環境と一体をなして歴史的風致を形成している伝統的な建造物群は伝統的建造物群と定義されている。
English: Unlike other systems, in order to preserve historical villages and towns the municipality first determines the districts for preservation of classic architecture, doing so in accordance with city planning or regulations (Article 143, Clause 1).
Japanese: 他の制度とは異なり、まず市町村が都市計画もしくは条例により、歴史的な集落や町並みの保存を図ることを目的として伝統的建造物群保存地区を定める（第143条第1項）。
English: Among the preservation districts of classic architecture, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology can designate the ones judged to be especially important as preservation districts of "important cluster of classical buildings protection area." (Article　144 Clause 1).
Japanese: 伝統的建造物群保存地区の中から特に価値が高いものを文部科学大臣が重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に選定することができる（第144条第1項）。
English: Buried cultural properties, unlike other cultural properties, are cultural properties that exist in such a state that they're buried underground.
Japanese: 埋蔵文化財は、他の文化財とは異なり土地に埋蔵されている状態にある文化財である。
English: To conduct an investigative excavation of a buried cultural property, it is necessary to report beforehand to the director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Article 92, Clause 1).
Japanese: 埋蔵文化財の発掘調査を行う場合は事前に文化庁長官へ届け出なければならない（第92条第1項）。
English: As for the land that contains a buried cultural property, the public is to be notified by means of a site map, etc. (Article 95).
Japanese: 埋蔵文化財を包蔵する土地は遺跡地図等により周知が図られている（第95条）。
English: Similarly, if one wants to carry out engineering work on such a well-known place containing a buried cultural property, it is necessary to report to the director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Article 93, Clause 1).
Japanese: こうした周知の埋蔵文化財包蔵地において土木工事を行う場合も同様に文化庁長官へ届け出なければならない（第93条第1項）。
English: When it is realized that the item buried in the ground is a cultural property, the chief of police must submit the item to the prefectural or municipal board of education for an inspection in order to determine whether or not the item is a cultural property.（Article 102)
Japanese: 地中から発見された埋蔵物が文化財と認められるときは、警察署長は都道府県教育委員会へ物件を提出し、都道府県教育委員会は物件が文化財であるかどうかを鑑査する（第102条）。
English: Although the material production, repair, restoration and traditional skills indispensable for the preservation of cultural properties aren't "cultural properties," they are within the scope of protection under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
Japanese: 文化財の保存のために欠くことのできない材料製作、修理、修復などの伝統的な技術は、文化財には該当しないが、文化財保護法による保護の対象となっている。
English: The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology determines the selected preservation techniques (Article 147, Clause 1) and recognizes the holders or the maintenance bodies of such techniques (Article 147, Clause 2).
Japanese: 文部科学大臣は、選定保存技術を選定し（第147条第1項）、その技術の保持者または保持団体を認定する（第147条第2項）。
English: The owner of a cultural property can be a person, a foundation, a local public entity (a prefecture, municipality, city, district, town or village), or the nation; besides preserving the cultural property for the public, the owner or parties concerned must do their utmost to put it into proper cultural use and open it to public as much as possible.
Japanese: 文化財の所有者は、個人、財団法人、地方公共団体（都道府県・市区町村）、国など多岐にわたるが、文化財の所有者および関係者は、文化財を公共のために大切に保存するとともに、できるだけこれを公開する等その文化的活用に努めなければならない。
English: Particularly in regard to a designated cultural property, the owner must maintain the designated cultural property in observance of the ordinances from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the instructions from the director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Article 31); in the case when the management by the owner is noticeably insufficient, the director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs can assign a local public entity as the management body in lieu of the owner (Article 31, Clause 2).
Japanese: 特に指定を受けた文化財の所有者は、文化財を文部科学省令及び文化庁長官の指示に従って指定文化財を管理しなければならず（第31条）、所有者による管理が著しく不適当な場合には、文化庁長官は地方公共団体などを管理団体に指定し、所有者に代わって管理にあたらせることができる（第31条の2）。
English: Moreover, the director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs can recommend the public opening of a designated cultural property (Article 51).
Japanese: また、文化庁長官は指定文化財の公開を勧告することができる（第51条）。
English: On the other hand, when an enormous expenditure is required for the management or repair of a designated cultural property, a subsidy is granted to the owner or the management body (Article 35).
Japanese: 一方で、指定文化財の管理又は修理につき多額の経費を要する場合は、所有者又は管理団体には補助金が交付される（第35条）。
English: Compared with the laws concerning designated cultural properties, regulations concerning registered cultural properties are more flexible; for example, a change from the current state may involve a system for the submittal of written reports (Article 64, Clause 1).
Japanese: 登録文化財に関する規定は、指定文化財に関するものに比べてゆるやかなものとなっており、例えば現状変更は届出制となっている（第64条第1項）。
English: Apart from the "important cultural properties," "important intangible cultural properties," "important tangible folk cultural properties," "important intangible folk cultural properties" and "historic spots, places of natural scenery, natural monuments," a local public entity can designate the important ones among the cultural properties within its territory so as to legislate on behalf of the necessary preservation measures and their proper usage.
Japanese: 地方公共団体は、条例の定めるところにより、重要文化財、重要無形文化財、重要有形民俗文化財、重要無形民俗文化財及び史跡名勝天然記念物以外の文化財で当該地方公共団体の区域内に存するもののうち重要なものを指定して、その保存及び活用のため必要な措置を講ずることができる。
English: Based on this regulation, many local public entities (prefecture or municipality) enact respectively their own ordinances with names such as "Ordinance for the Protection of Cultural Properties "; the Board of Education carries out the prefectural or municipal designations with an attempt to protect those important cultural properties other than the nation designated cultural properties.
Japanese: この規定に基づき、地方公共団体（都道府県、区市町村）の多くがそれぞれ「文化財保護条例」等の名称の条例を制定し、国指定の文化財以外の重要な文化財について、教育委員会が指定等を行い保護を図っている。
English: However, when a prefectural or municipal cultural property becomes nationally designated, the prefectural or municipal designation is canceled.
Japanese: ただし、地方指定の文化財が国指定となった場合は地方指定は解除される。
English: Although a prefectural or municipal system is mainly based on the national system, it can be established based on its particular traits, as the following examples show:
Japanese: 地方公共団体の制度はおおむね国の制度に準じたものであるが、それぞれの考え方に応じて下記の例のように個々の特色を持った制度が定められている。
English: Among the tangible cultural properties, the important ones can be designated as "Tokyo Metropolitan Area-designated tangible cultural properties."
Japanese: 有形文化財のうち重要なものを東京都指定有形文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the intangible cultural properties, the important ones can be designated as "Tokyo Metropolitan-Area designated intangible cultural properties."
Japanese: 無形文化財のうち重要なものを東京都指定無形文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the tangible folk cultural properties, the important ones can be designated as "Tokyo Metropolitan Area-designated tangible folk cultural properties"; among the intangible folk cultural properties, the important ones can be designated as "Tokyo Metropolitan Area-designated intangible folk cultural properties."
Japanese: 有形の民俗文化財のうち重要なものを東京都指定有形民俗文化財に、無形の民俗文化財のうち重要なものを東京都指定無形民俗文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the monuments, important ones can be designated as "Tokyo Metropolitan Area-designated historic sites," "Tokyo Metropolitan Area-designated ancient sites," "Tokyo Metropolitan Area-designated spots of scenic beauty" or "Tokyo Metropolitan Area-designated natural monuments."
Japanese: 記念物のうち重要なものを、東京都指定史跡、東京都指定旧跡、東京都指定名勝又は東京都指定天然記念物に指定することができる。
English: Among the tangible cultural properties, those important ones can be designated as "Yamanashi Prefectural designated tangible cultural properties."
Japanese: 有形文化財のうち重要なものを山梨県指定有形文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the intangible cultural properties, the important ones can be designated as "Yamanashi Prefecture-designated intangible cultural properties."
Japanese: 無形文化財のうち重要なものを山梨県指定無形文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the tangible folk cultural properties, the important ones can be designated as "Yamanashi Prefecture-designated tangible folk cultural properties"; among the intangible folk cultural properties; the important ones can be designated as "Yamanashi Prefecture-designated intangible folk cultural properties."
Japanese: 有形の民俗文化財のうち重要なものを山梨県指定有形民俗文化財に、無形の民俗文化財のうち重要なものを山梨県指定無形民俗文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the monuments, the important ones can be designated as "Yamanashi Prefecture-designated historic sites," "Yamanashi Prefecture-designated spots of scenic beauty" or "Yamanashi Prefecture-designated natural monuments."
Japanese: 記念物のうち重要なものを山梨県指定史跡、山梨県指定名勝又は山梨県指定天然記念物に指定することができる。
English: Among the cultural sceneries, those important ones can be selected as "Yamanashi Prefectural selected cultural landscapes."
Japanese: 文化的景観のうち重要なものを山梨県選定文化的景観として選定することができる。
English: Among the preservation districts of classic architecture," the particularly valuable ones can be selected as "Yamanashi Prefectural selected preservation districts of "classic architecture."
Japanese: 伝統的建造物群保存地区で価値が特に高いものを山梨県選定伝統的建造物群保存地区として選定することができる。
English: Among the tangible cultural properties, the particularly valuable ones can be designated as "Gifu Prefectural important cultural properties."
Japanese: 有形文化財のうち特に価値の高いものを岐阜県重要文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the intangible cultural properties, the particularly valuable ones can be designated as "Gifu Prefectural important intangible cultural properties."
Japanese: 無形文化財のうち特に価値の高いものを岐阜県重要無形文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the folk cultural properties, the particularly valuable ones can be designated as "Gifu Prefectural important tangible folk cultural properties" or "Gifu Prefectural important intangible folk cultural properties."
Japanese: 民俗文化財のうち特に価値の高いものを岐阜県重要有形民俗文化財又は岐阜県重要無形民俗文化財に指定することができる。
English: Among the monuments, the particularly valuable ones can be designated as "Gifu Prefectural historic sites," "Gifu Prefectural spots of scenic beauty" or "Gifu Prefectural natural monuments."
Japanese: 記念物のうち特に価値の高いものを岐阜県史跡、岐阜県名勝又は岐阜県天然記念物に指定することができる。
English: Among the cultural properties, those that are kept by local residents or are necessarily known by the locals can be registered as Yokohama City local cultural properties.
Japanese: 文化財のうち、地域住民が守ってきたもの及び地域を知る上で必要な文化財を横浜市地域文化財として登録することができる。
English: The land or zone necessary in order to preserve and cultivate a traditional environment (hereinafter referred as a "traditional environment preservation zone"), or the land or zone necessary in order to create a modern cityscape (hereinafter referred as a "modern urban scenery creation zone") can be designated.
Japanese: 伝統環境を保存育成するために必要な土地の区域（以下「伝統環境保存区域」という。)または近代的都市景観を創出するために必要な土地の区域（以下「近代的都市景観創出区域」という。）を指定することができる。
English: A building or a woody plant can be designated as a candidate for preservation and thereby constitute city scenery.
Japanese: 都市景観の形成のため、建築物等および木竹を保存対象物として指定することができる。
English: Among the cultural properties, the necessary ones can be registered as Kobe City registered cultural properties.
Japanese: 文化財のうち必要なものを神戸市登録文化財として登録することができる。
English: Among the cultural properties, the necessary ones can be registered as Kobe City local cultural properties.
Japanese: 文化財のうち必要なものを神戸市地域文化財として認定することができる。
English: In order to preserve a cultural environment, the necessary district can be designated as a "cultural environment preservation zone."
Japanese: 文化環境を保存するため必要な区域を文化環境保存区域として指定することができる。
English: Among the tangible cultural properties existing in the environmental preservation zones, the important ones can be registered as "historical buildings of Kobe City" or other tangible cultural products.
Japanese: 文化環境保存区域内に存する有形文化財のうち重要なものを神戸市歴史的建造物その他の有形の文化的所産に選定することができる。
English: Yabusame is the Japanese traditional skill, practice and rite of shooting whistling arrows from a galloping horse.
Japanese: 流鏑馬（やぶさめ）とは、疾走する馬上から的に鏑矢（かぶらや）を射る、日本の伝統的な騎射の技術・稽古・儀式のことを言う。
English: It is believed to have been called 'yabaseuma' because arrows were shot from a galloping horse, and over time was changed to 'yabusame.'
Japanese: ウマを馳せながら矢を射ることから、「矢馳せ馬（やばせうま）」と呼ばれ、時代が下るにつれて「やぶさめ」と呼ばれるようになったといわれる。
English: As described in the section of Chuyuki (a diary written by FUJIWARA no Munetada) dated 1096, yabusame has been practiced since the Heian period as a practical fighting skill performed on horseback.
Japanese: 『中右記』の永長元年（1096年）の項などに記されているように、馬上における実戦的弓術の一つとして平安時代から存在した。
English: A technique known as 'the Hidesato-style of yabusame' was practiced during the Kamakura period, and samurai trained in this pastime enthusiastically, giving demonstrations at events organized by the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: 鎌倉時代には「秀郷流」と呼ばれる技法も存在し、武士の嗜みとして、また幕府の行事に組み込まれたことも含めて盛んに稽古・実演された。
English: However, yabusame began to lose importance during the Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and became unpopular for a while.
Japanese: だが、個人による騎射戦術が廃れた室町時代・安土桃山時代と、時を経るに従い一時廃れた。
English: In the Edo period of 1724, at the direction of the shogun Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, Sadamasa OGASAWARA, the Ogasawara school's 20th principal, developed a new style of yabusame after the studying the Ogasawara textbook, and trained samurai serving backoffice work in the new form of yabusame and kasagake (shooting a bamboo hat) together with the older style of yabusame.
Japanese: 江戸時代に入り享保9年(1724年)、時の征夷大将軍、徳川吉宗の命を受けた小笠原流20代小笠原貞政は、小笠原の伝書を研究し新たな流鏑馬制定、古式と共に奥勤めの武士達に流鏑馬、笠懸の稽古をつける。
English: Yabusame was performed at Takadanobaba (present-day location: 3-chome, Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) in a dedication to the Anahachiman-gu Shrine North in 1728 as part of a prayer ceremony performed to cure Ieshige TOKUGAWA's heir of smallpox (yabusame was again performed there ten years later in appreciation of the complete cure that Ieshige's heir experienced, and an emaki (picture scroll) called "Yabusame Emaki" (a picture scroll depicting archery on horseback) was drawn to record the event).
Japanese: 享保13年（1728年）、徳川家重の世嗣ぎのために疱瘡治癒祈願として穴八幡宮北の高田馬場（現在の現在の東京都新宿区西早稲田三丁目）にて流鏑馬を執り行い、これを奉納した（この10年後、無事疱瘡祈願成就した折に報賽として再び行われ、その様子を絵巻にしたものが『流鏑馬絵巻』である）。
English: In addition to the above, yabusame was often performed in ceremonies to ward off evil in a shogun family, and when praying for the birth of children, etc.
Japanese: この後、将軍家の厄除け、誕生祈願の際などに度々流鏑馬が行われるようになる。
English: Despite losing popularity for a second time following the dissolution of the bakufu (the Tokugawa shogunate) that was brought about by the Meiji Restoration and for a third time following the outbreak of World War II and its immediate aftermath, yabusame experienced a revival after the end of the war and remains popular to this day.
Japanese: 明治維新を経て幕府解体、また第二次世界大戦と以後の煽りを受けるなど三度の衰退を見るが戦後に復興、現在に至る。
English: Currently, yabusame is actively performed in many local areas in Japan as a Shinto ritual, and is a main tourist attraction.
Japanese: 現在、流鏑馬は神社の神事として日本の各地で盛んに行われ、観光の目玉となっている。
English: Other types of archery practiced on horseback are kasagake and inuoimono (shooting a dog), and these two plus yabusame make up the 'three types of archery on horseback.'
Japanese: 馬上における弓術には他に笠懸（かさがけ）や犬追物（いぬおうもの）があり、流鏑馬とあわせて「騎射三物」とされる。
English: In 'Kasagake', one target is placed 18 to 27 meters from the archer, and in the 'Inuoimono', 150 (a hundred and fifty) dogs are unleashed in a riding ground enclosed with a bamboo fence and shot by three groups of 36 (thirty six) archers.
Japanese: 的と射手との距離を10～15間（約18～27メートル）に1つ置いたものを「笠懸」、竹垣で囲んだ馬場に150匹の犬を放して射手36騎が3手に分かれて犬を射るものを「犬追物」という。
English: In the Inuoimono, an archer shoots arrows that have a large kabura (round head on an arrow) called 'hikime' to protect the dogs from injury.
Japanese: 犬追物では、犬を傷つけないよう「蟇目（ひきめ）」と呼ばれる大型の鏑をつけた矢を用いる。
English: A basou (running track) can be made in one of two ways: by laying a strip of turf measuring about 1 jo (about 3 meters) in width inside a track measuring about 2.5 jo (about 7.5 meters) in width; or by running a length of rope along either side of the track and covering the area inside with sand.
Japanese: 広さ2杖半ほどのなかに幅1杖の芝をはるか、または縄をはって、中に砂をまいて馬走とする。
English: A rachi on the left side is called o-rachi (a fence on the man's side) and are two shaku three sun high, while a rachi on the right side is called me-rachi (a fence on the woman's side) and is 2 shaku high, and the rachi was made of wood and also tied with bush clover.
Japanese: 左を男埒といい、高さは2尺3寸、右側は女埒といい、高さは2尺、木製でもあり、萩でもむすぶ。
English: The first target is placed at 48 jo, the second target is placed 38 jo from the first target and the third target is placed 37 jo apart from the second target.
Japanese: 一の的までは48杖、一の的～二の的間は38杖、二の的～三の的間は37杖である。
English: The targets are placed 3 jo apart from the basou (track) and may be placed five jo or seven jo apart from the basou in the foreground.
Japanese: 的と馬走との間は3杖であり、上手には5杖、7杖などに的をたてることもある。
English: A matogushi (a pole on which a target is hung) is three shaku five sun long, and two matogushi are placed to hold a target with its two corners, one facing up and one down (in a diamond shape.)
Japanese: 的串の長さは3尺5寸ほどで、的をはさみ、頂点を上下に（いわゆるダイヤ型に）たてる。
English: The archer wears a suikan or yoroi-hitatare with its bottom and sleeves tied, a mukabaki around his/her waist, a monoigutu on his feet, a ikote and glove on his left hand, a whip in his right hand and a ayaigasa on his head.
Japanese: 射手の服装は水干、または鎧直垂を着て、裾および袖をくくり、腰には行縢をつけ、あしに物射沓をはき、左に射小手をつけ、手袋をはめ、右手に鞭をとり、頭には綾藺笠をいただく。
English: The archer carries a large sword and an ebira with five whistling arrows on his back, a sword in his waist belt and a bow and an arrow in his left hand.
Japanese: 太刀を負い、刀をさし、鏑矢を5筋さした箙を負い、弓ならびに鏑矢1筋を左手に持つ。
English: Then, after the archers and officials finish praying to God and go to the riding course to look around it, they gather at the end of the riding course and line up the horses, while the officials take their places.
Japanese: 次第は、射手、諸役ともに神拝がおわって馬場に行き、馬場をひととおり見て回り、射手は馬場末にあつまりならび、ウマを立て、諸役はそれぞれ所定の位置につく。
English: After the secretary appears and the first archer kneels down in front of the secretary, the secretary declares 'you may start the yabusame demonstration.'
Japanese: 日記役が立ち出て、射手のなかから一番の射手がこれに出向かってひざまづくとき、日記役は「流鏑馬はじめませ」と宣する。
English: The first archer returns to report the declaration to other archers, and upon hearing this, all archers mount their horses at once and go to the riding grounds and arrange the horses in a fan-shaped formation.
Japanese: 一番の射手がこれをうけて立ち帰り、射手に伝え、一同うちそろって乗馬し、馬場元に行き、扇形にウマを立てならぶ。