moved to Kyoto in 1574 and started making bows for the Tokugawa Shogun. The respective head of the Shibata family received the title of "Bow Builder" from the shogun (Onyumishi - 御 弓 師). In this epoch, the evil-destroying Yumi (Hama Yumi - 破 魔弓), a sacred arch used for Buddhist and Shinto purification ceremonies, also emerges.