Abstract
The emperor and Yoritomo hunted and banned hunting. Both showed that the kingship. Hunting was one of the samurai professions and played an important role in Shinto rituals. The falconry ban issued many times by the Kamakura bakufu shows that there was a difference between makigari hunting and falconry. There is little evidence that the Muromachi Shogun falconry, but there were falconry offerings and gifts. During the Sengoku era, falcons and their prey "Taka no tori (Falcon birds)" were frequently used. The pheasant was the most used and highly regarded "Taka no tori " in the Middle Ages, but it became a crane in the early modem period. It is necessary to study the origins of Ryu-ha (Falconry schools) such as the Seirai school, the Netsu school, and the Suwa school. During the Sengoku period, the Muromachi Shogun falconry and presented the emperor with prey. Oda Nobunaga and Hashiba Hideyoshi followed suit. Tokugawa Ieyasu inherited it, and the new aspect of "Tenka (political system)" was symbolized by falconry.