Editing Sports in Japan (section)

===Edo period===
In the [[Edo period]], sports became a popular way to spend time. The only problem was that they were often accompanied by gambling. A notice to punish playing and betting on sumo without authorization was repeatedly posted to little effect. Kyūdō was encouraged by ''[[shōgun]]s'' and ''[[daimyō]]s'' as a pastime, and contests as well as record making attempts were held. On April 26, 1686, a samurai named ''Wasa Daihachiro'' competing in the [[Tōshiya]] made an unsurpassed record of shooting 13,053 arrows and hitting the mark 8,133 times over a 24-hour period. This is even more remarkable when one considers the shooting range for this attempt, a 120-meter-long corridor with a ceiling of only 2.2 meters. In the [[Olympic Games]], archers shoot over a distance of only 70 meters. Martial arts like [[jujutsu]] were popular but schools avoided inter-school matches, leaving room only for intramural matches.