Japanese archery, which was popular up through the Taisho era, has also had a significant influence on the culture of Japan and the values of its people (as seen in terms like "to target," "to be on the mark" and "speculative spirit" (lit. "the hitting good fortune heart"), all of which derive from words used in archery), and because people determined the luckiness of each year by divination, the one selected to be "arrow taker" often went down to the "target area".
大正時代まで盛んであった弓矢も日本の価値観や文化（目星を付ける・的を射る・射幸心）に影響を与え、その年の吉凶を占うことから「矢取り」に選ばれたものは的場に足げく通ったという。