Toshisuke Nasu and William R.B. Acker
The
Fundamentals of Japanese Archery
In 1937 Mr. Acker published a book called "The Fundamentals of Japanese
Archery", and thus being the first American and maybe the first
Westerner to write about kyudo in English.
This book maybe not as famous as "Zen in the Art of Archery", by prof Herrigel,
but certainly deserves its place among western Kyudo literature: it gives much
technical information has nice photos and beautiful hand colored drawings.
The original book was privately published in "handwritten form" in a very
limited edition (maybe 5 copies), since then it has been (incomplete and without
permission) reprinted twice.
Mrs. Acker - van Eijk (mr Acker's widow) has kindly given the personal copy of mr
Acker and permission to share this book in its original form with the world:
To download the original book in PDF-format (2.8 Mb) click on the image.
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