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[[File:Whistlingarrow.jpg|right|thumb|92px|A 19th c. whistling arrow on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]]

[[File:Whistlingarrow.jpg|right|thumb|92px|A 19th c. whistling arrow on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]]

*''Japanese'': 鏑矢 ''(kaburaya)''

*''Japanese'': 鏑矢 ''(kaburaya)'', 嚆矢 ''(koushi)''

Whistling arrows, also known as humming-bulb arrows, or signal 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.

Whistling arrows, also known as humming-bulb arrows, or signal 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.