Genpei Era
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  Tier 1: Shoju
  
• (S)Kanabo Shoju
  
• Bisento Shoju
  
• (A)Hankyu Shoju
  
• Chokyu Shoju
  
• (P)Masakari Shoju
  
• Nagamaki Shoju
  
• (I)Zanbato Shoju
  
• (L)Zanbato Shoju Kihei
  
• (H)Bisento Shoju Kihei
  
  Tier 2: Saburai
  
• (S)Tetsubo Saburai
  
• Bisento Saburai
  
• (A)Hankyu Saburai
  
• Chokyu Saburai
  
• (P)Masakari Saburai
  
• Nagamaki Saburai
  
• (I)Zanbato Saburai
  
• Tachi Saburai
  
• Tachi Choju Saburai
  
• Odachi Saburai
  
• (L)Zanbato Saburai Kihei
  
• Tachi Saburai Kihei
  
• (H)Bisento Saburai Kihei
  
• (O)Yabusame Saburai
  
  
  
  Sengoku Era
  Tier 1: Ashigaru
  
• (S)Te-Yari Ashigaru
  
• Mochi-Yari Ashigaru
  
• (A)Hankyu Ashigaru
  
• Choyu Ashigaru
  
• Teppo Ashigaru
  
• (P)Naginata Ashigaru
  
• Nagae-yari Ashigaru
  
• Nagamaki Ashigaru
  
• (I)Kodachi Ashigaru
  
• Kodachi Choju Ashigaru
  
• (L)Kodachi Ashigaru Kihei
  
• (H)Naginata Ashigaru Kihei
  
  Tier 2: Samurai
  
• (S)Te-Yari Samurai
  
• Mochi-Yari Samurai
  
• (A)Hankyu Samurai
  
• Chokyu Samurai
  
• Teppo Samurai
  
• (P)Masakari Samurai
  
• Naginata Samurai
  
• Nagae-Yari Samurai
  
• Nagamaki Samurai
  
• (I)Tachi Samurai
  
• Kodachi Samurai
  
• Nodachi Samurai
  
• Kodachi Choju Samurai
  
• (L)Tachi Samurai Kihei
  
• Kodachi Samurai Kihei
  
• Tan-Zutsu Teppo Samurai Kihei
  
• (H)Naginata Samurai Kihei
  
• Bajo-yari Samurai Kihei
  
• Jumonji-Yari Samurai Kihei
  
• (O)Yabusame Samurai Kihei
  
• Bajo-Zutsu Teppo Samurai Kihei
  
  Tier 1: Ikki
  
• (S)Kama Minpei
  
• Bisento Minpei
  
• Te-Yari Minpei
  
• Mochi-Yari Minpei
  
• (A)Hankyu Minpei
  
• Chokyu Minpei
  
• Teppo Minpei
  
• (P)Masakari Minpei
  
• Naginata Minpei
  
• Nagae-Yari Minpei
  
• (I)Kodachi Minpei
  
• (L)Kodachi Minpei Kihei
  
• (H)Naginata Sohei Kihei
  
  Tier 2: Sohei
  
• (S)Kanabo Sohei
  
• Bisento Sohei
  
• Te-Yari Sohei
  
• Mochi-Yari Sohei
  
• (A)Hankyu Sohei
  
• Chokyu Sohei
  
• Teppo Sohei
  
• (P)Masakari Sohei
  
• Nagamaki Sohei
  
• Naginata Sohei
  
• Nagae-Yari Sohei
  
• (I)Zanbato Sohei
  
• Tachi Sohei
  
• Odachi Sohei
  
• Tetsubo Sohei
  
• Kodachi Sohei
  
• Nodachi Sohei
  
• (L)Zanbato Sohei Kihei
  
• Tachi Sohei Kihei
  
• Kodachi SoheiKihei
  
• (H)Bisento Sohei Kihei
  
• Naginata Sohei Kihei
  
• Bajo-yari Sohei Kihei
  
• (O)Yabusame Sohei
  
• Bajo-Zutsu Teppo Sohei Kihei

Bojutsu - the way of the stick
• Masakari - large battleaxes, very rare.
  
• Bo - japanese battle sticks in general.
  
• Kanabo - wooden war clubs.
  
• Tetsubo - iron war clubs.
  
  Naginatajutsu - the way of the polearm
  
• Bisento - chinese inspired glaives, ancestor of the naginata.
  
• Naginata - japanese glaives, katana on a spear pole.
  
• Nagamaki - swordstaffs, long-handled katanas.
  
  Kenjutsu - the way of the sword
  
• Zanbato - chinese inspired sabres, big cutlass.
  
• Nihonto - japanese blades in general.
  
• Katana - japanese curved swords in general.
  
• Tachi - larger katanas, a longsword.
  
• Kodachi - smaller katanas, an arming sword.
  
• Washizaki - even smaller katanas, sideweapon or indoors weapon.
  
• Tanto - dagger sized katana.
  
• Odachi/Nodachi - japanese oversized great swords.
  
  Sōjutsu - the way of the spear
  
• Yari - japanese spears in general.
  
• Te-Yari - body-long short spears.
  
• Mochi-Yari - ~2m long spears.
  
• Nagae-Yari - ~3-4m long pikes.
  
• Bajo-Yari - cavalry lances.
  
• Jumonji-Yari - trident-tipped spears.
  
  Kyudo - the way of the bow
  
• Yumi - japanese bows in general.
  
• Hankyu - shortbows.
  
• Chokyu - longbows.
  
• Daikyu - literaly 'greatbow', more modern term for longbows.
  
• Shudo - chinese inspired crossbows and repeating bows.
  
• Oyumi - literaly 'greatbow', chinese inspired large siegebows/siege arbaleste.
  
  Hojutsu - the way of the gun
  
• Hinawaju - matchlock arquebus.
  
• Teppo - literally meaning "iron rods", muskets.
  
• Ban-Zutsu Teppo - standardized muskets.
  
• Tan-Zutsu Teppo - small calibre muskets/pistols.
  
• Bajo-Zutsu Teppo - cavalry muskets, carabines.
  
• Hazama-Zutsu Teppo - literaly 'loophole musket', long barreled-slimmed muskets fit for snipers shooting from fortification murderholes or ship portholes.
  
• O-Zutsu Teppo - large calibre muskets, blunderbuss.
  
  Kayakujutsu - the way of explosives
  
• Bo-hiya - literaly 'fire arrows', porcelain tiped or gunpowder pouch attached arrow. Chinese and mongol inspired..
  
• Hiya-Yari - literaly 'fire lance', like bo-hiya but spears. Chinese and korean inspired.
  
• Horoku - literaly 'fire pots', simple porcelain or iron grenade like containers filled with gunpowder.
  
• Tekidan - grenades in general.
  
• Taiho - cannons.
  
• Hiya-Taiho - cannons firing the bo-hiya 'fire arrows'.
  
• O-zutsu Taiho - large caliber cannons.
  
• Furankiho - literaly 'frankish guns', breechloaded swivel guns.
  
• Hakugekiho - mortars.
  
  Bajutsu - the way of the horse
  
• Kihei - cavalry.
  
• Keikihei - light cavalry.
  
• Yabusame - japanese horse archery technique, inspired by ainu emishi horse archers. Similar to the mongols.
  
  Classes:
  
• Shoju - meaning 'attendant'. Palace and urban peons above slaves and peasants but below courtiers and the nobility. Used as footmen in wars.
  
• Saburai - meaning "to serve". In the genpei war era, shoju classmen slowly gained delegated governance or military leadership responsibilities from the landed and bureaucratic elites. Men with skills from defeated clans would become hirelings, with enough money to buy armor and real arms. These responsibilities solidified this class into a new low class aristocracy, a new equestrian military class.
  
• Ashigaru - meaning 'footmen'. A new adhoc class of people, proffessional soldiers and not the levied peasants as before. Consisting of expeasants, urban peons, destitute samurai or willy merchants. Not worthy enough to own a blade or ride a horse, as the samurai, but if skilled enough they can become samurai.
  
• Samurai - A feudal military and administrative elite. Not a caste nor a nobility per se but a self recognized class: Educated enough to rule; intelligent enough to serve; well born enough to be in a clan; wealthy with lands; armed with weapons, armor and a horse to ride to battle.
  
• Sohei - meaning 'armed monks'. Hermits, piousmen, monks, exiled sons, retired warriors. The Sohei are the religious clergy of japan bearing arms in defence of their monasteries, feuding with other sect temples or turning their weapons on the heathen feudal lords.
  
• Ikki - meaning 'league' or 'movement'. Peasants, craftsmen, traders or servants, sometimes assisted (or manipulated) by clergymen or local samurai. Not necessarily an armed revolt, these groups are mainly concerned citizens petitioning for something. Sometimes the social conflict becomes an armed conflict, agrarian tools become weapons and arsenals are raided. The people would form in a 'Minpei', a militia. In any case, their activities are dangerous in a rigid feudal system and would be severely repressed.