What is the influence of traditional Chinese bow on Japan?

Long history and influence on the surrounding areas
China is one of the earliest countries in the world to have archery skills, which has been proven by archaeological data. In ancient legends, bows and arrows are always regarded as one of the symbols of the beginning of Chinese civilization. After Shennong died, Huangdi, Yao, and Shun made bows and arrows... string wood is used to make bows, and curved wood is used to make arrows. The benefits of bows and arrows are used to intimidate the world. ——"Yi·Xici Zhuanxia"
"Yi·Xici Zhuanxia" regards the emergence of bows and arrows as a sign of the emergence of early countries.

In the long historical process, after the continuous exchange and integration of archery techniques and theories of multiple ethnic groups, China has formed "archery" with Chinese cultural characteristics. Chinese archery is not only an important part of its own traditional culture, but also has a wide range of influences on neighboring countries and regions, among which Japan is the most significant.
There is no definite conclusion on when Chinese bows and crossbows were introduced to Japan, but it is certain that in the early exchanges between China and Japan, as Chinese immigrants continued to move to Japan, the advanced Chinese bow and crossbow manufacturing and firing technology were introduced to Japan. Records since the Qin Dynasty

According to the 37th year of the "Records of the Grand Historian: The Chronicle of Qin Shi Huangdi", the alchemist Xu Fu went to the sea to seek medicine, but failed for several years because of the high cost and fear of being condemned. So he lied: "The medicine of Penglai can be obtained, but it is often tormented by large sharks, so it cannot be reached. I want to find a good archer to go with me, and shoot him with a crossbow when I see him." - "Records of the Grand Historian: The Chronicle of Qin Shi Huangdi" If the legend that Xu Fu moved to Japan is credible, then China's excellent archers and advanced crossbow technology were introduced to Japan as early as the Qin Dynasty.

According to Japanese historical records such as "Six Kingdoms" and "Surname Records", around the middle of the fifth century AD, Goguryeo captured the two counties of Lelang and Daifang set up by the Han Dynasty, occupied Liaodong and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, and a large number of Han people originally living in Lelang and Daifang moved to Japan. The most famous group among them was the Qin people led by Gong Yuejun, who was called the descendant of Qin Shihuang. Some say there were hundreds of people, and some say there were thousands of people. These Qin people brought many skills such as sericulture to Japan, and the name "Gongyuejun" easily reminds people that he may come from a family of craftsmen who made bows and arrows for generations, just like the Tao, Suo, and Changshao families of the Shang Dynasty after Zhou Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty.

Emperors to the Tang Dynasty in the Sui and Tang Dynasties
The envoys to the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty in the Sui and Tang Dynasties brought the cultural exchanges between China and Japan to a climax. At that time, in addition to officials, the members of each Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty included various professionals, including "shooters" who accounted for nearly half of the total, who were actually the guards of the envoys, as well as "forging students" and "casting students". Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty
The deployment of these personnel was mainly to prevent ships from drifting and getting into trouble. But these people must have learned a lot in their profession after entering the Tang Dynasty and brought it back to Japan. The Japanese shrimp people who entered the Tang Dynasty also performed archery skills in the Tang Dynasty. According to Volume 324 of Wenxian Tongkao, "Four Barbarians Examination 1·Wa", in the early years of Emperor Gaozong of Tang's Yonghui reign, Japanese envoys brought their own shrimp people to the Tang Dynasty. The shrimp people are the indigenous people of Hokkaido.
The envoys had a beard about four feet long, with arrows on their heads. They had people carry gourds and stand for hundreds of steps, and they shot all the targets. ——Volume 324 of Wenxian Tongkao, "Four Barbarians Examination 1·Wa"
This was obviously an exchange activity of archery. Japanese officials and students who came to the Tang Dynasty were also interested in weapons and military tactics. For example, the famous Kibi Makibi was a fan of Tang bows and arrows. Kibi Makibi, a Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty
According to the "Continued Nihonki", among the Japanese objects Kibi Makibi brought back to Japan were a lacquered horn bow with a lacquer, a lacquered horn bow for drinking water on horseback, a lacquered four-section horn bow with a lacquer, twenty arrows for shooting armor, and ten arrows for shooting flat. Kibi Makibi was an envoy to the Tang Dynasty twice and served as an official in the Tang Dynasty. After returning to Japan, he established outstanding military exploits in the civil war, which was inseparable from his learning experience in the Tang Dynasty. Chinese archery ceremony was introduced to Japan
Japan also introduced the ancient Chinese archery ceremony. According to the "Nihon Shoki", as early as the second year of Emperor Taizong of Tang (647), Japan had Chinese-style archery activities. This activity was recorded in many Japanese history books, reflecting that the archery, which was very particular about etiquette, had long become a cultural activity in Japan. This should be the source of Japan's "kyudo".

In addition, China's throwing pots and slingshots, these ancient recreational activities related to archery, were also introduced to Japan. Fu Yunzi's "Shosoin Archaeological Records 4") in the middle warehouse download, the lower warehouse of Shosoin stored a Tang-made pot for throwing pots and 23 arrows.
The pot is made of copper and coated with gold, and is finely engraved with landscapes, figures, flowers, birds, clouds and lions. It is extremely delicate and flowing, with a slightly short neck, slightly different from the current ones but more gorgeous. ——"Shosoin Archaeological Records·IV"
After the introduction of pitching pots to Japan, it was interrupted after the Nara period (646-781), and was revived in the Tokugawa period (1615-1867), but it did not become popular. Hiring Chinese masters to learn
The military examination system of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the military examination system of the Qing Dynasty, had the nature of a national martial arts competition to a certain extent, and the central projects were shooting on foot and on horseback. Therefore, the folk archery skills were greatly improved, and many excellent archers and archery experts emerged. Military examination
Japan, which has always actively introduced Chinese archery, often lured some Chinese archers to Japan with generous treatment to teach archery skills and even translate military books. In the Qing Dynasty, this was strictly prohibited by the court. During the Yongzheng period, several cases were triggered by this, and the people involved included Zhu Peizhang, Zhang Hengxu, etc.

Around the end of Emperor Kangxi's reign, the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan commissioned Qing merchants to seek good Chinese doctors and horses, and then hired Chinese people who could "teach archery and rattan shields" with a large sum of money. The first person to accept the commission was Zhu Laizhang, a Ningbo native who had practiced medicine in Japan.
So Zhu Laizhang took his brothers Zhu Zizhang and Zhu Peizhang to Japan to teach their skills in the third year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign (1725, the tenth year of Japan's Kyoho reign). According to Japanese historical records, Zhu Peizhang was a doctor, but he was originally an officer and had riding and archery skills, so the Japanese often learned from him. Soon, Zhu Peizhang was entrusted by the shogunate to return to Japan to recruit archers and horse doctors. In the fifth year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign, Zhu Peizhang brought the archers Chen Ruocai, Shen Dacheng and horse doctor Liu Jingguang to Changqi. In August of the sixth year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign, Li Wei, a confidant of Emperor Yongzheng and the then Governor-General of Zhejiang, reported the situation he had heard to the court, which attracted Emperor Yongzheng's attention and he immediately demanded a strict investigation.
Under the personal intervention of Emperor Yongzheng, Li Wei and others controlled Zhu Laizhang and learned the details of Japan's recruitment of Chinese archers. After many efforts, Zhang Hengxu, Liu Jingxian and student Sun Taiyuan were finally brought back to China in the ninth year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign and severely punished. This incident itself shows that Japan was still trying to introduce Chinese archery skills until the early Qing Dynasty, proving the long-lasting influence of Chinese archery on Japan.