Archer - Yunde

Another name for the left hand. It is a phonetic contraction of "yumite" (the hand that holds the bow), and is the opposite of the right hand that holds the reins of a horse, which is called "mete" (the horse's hand). By extension, it means "hidarite" (the left side), and while the kusazuri (sword guard) on the right side of armor is called "imuki no kusazuri" (the sword guard), the kusazuri (sword guard) on the left side is called "yumite kusazuri" (the bow guard's kusazuri), and twisting the body backward from the left side is called "yumite mojiri" (the bow guard twist).

In Inuoumono (dog hunting), the dog is received on the left side and the shot is fired to the left of the dog, which gives rise to terms such as 'yumiteyoko' (shooting the dog to the left) and 'yumitekiri' (a forbidden move; shooting from the right at a dog that crosses in front of you).

[Toshihiko Uda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

左手の異称。弓を持つ手「ゆみて」の音便で、馬の手綱をとる右手を「馬手(めて)」というのに対す。転じてひだりて（左側）をいい、鎧(よろい)の右脇(わき)の草摺(くさずり)を「射向(いむき)の草摺」というのに対して、左脇のそれを「弓手の草摺」と称し、左側から体を後ろひねりにすることを「弓手捩(もじり)」などという。

　犬追物(いぬおうもの)では、左側に犬を受けてその犬の左を射ることで、「弓手横」（犬の左を射る）、「弓手切」（禁じ手。前を横切る犬を右から射る）などの用語がある。

［宇田敏彦］

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