In the "Heike monogatari," Yoshimori WADA mounted his horse and rode out from the beach into the open sea, firing arrows long-range at a distance of more than 200 or even 300 meters.
『平家物語』によれば和田義盛は馬に乗り渚から沖に向けて遠矢を二町三町も射かけたという。