There were various bows in size and shapes such as a short bow of maruki-yumi (bow made from a small sapling or tree limb, often catalpa wood, that had a centered grip), and long bows actually used for festivals and rituals and in the Shinto rituals of Oyumi-hajime (Honorable First Bow).
祭礼用の丸木弓の小弓や、御弓始めの神事などでは実際に射るものは長弓であり、大きさや形状は様々である。