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[[File:Whistlingarrow.jpg|right|thumb|92px|A 19th c. whistling arrow on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]]
*''Japanese'': 鏑矢 ''(kaburaya)''
Whistling arrows were specially made arrows designed so they would whistle while flying through the air. Originally used for hunting, they came in the [[Heian period]] to be used to signal the beginning of a battle.
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==References==
*Gallery label, Tokyo National Museum, August 2013.
[[Category:Arms and Armor]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Japanese'': 鏑矢 ''(kaburaya)''
Whistling arrows were specially made arrows designed so they would whistle while flying through the air. Originally used for hunting, they came in the [[Heian period]] to be used to signal the beginning of a battle.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery label, Tokyo National Museum, August 2013.
[[Category:Arms and Armor]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
