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Takagari - Japanese Falconry

Takagari

Japanese falconry (鷹狩 takagari) is said to have come to Japan from China around the 4th century CE and was practised by emperors, courtiers, and later by the samurai class well into the Edo period.

Haniwa, earthenware figures of the Kofun Period (ca. 250-710 CE), show a falconer, and the...

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