08-07-2006, 08:59 AM
Thanks for that.
So basically, before the 15th C, the ashigaru ("light foot", or "light armoured") were mercenaries, and did not become minor samurai until the Edo Period, and in the Onin War were regarded as unruly? Is that correct?
What was the makeup of a typical Japanese army contemporary to the Roman Imperial legions?
How many samurai (I mean real samurai)?
How many ashuguru (I mean conscripts)?
To get back to the original point of the topic, I've seen nothing so far that would mean a samurai or ronin would paste a legionary. If you take into account the length of time it took to become a samurai, then he has to be put against a legionary of at least 5 years service, and also has to be as contemporary as possible which makes him between an 8th or 9th Century one (deemed little more than a barbarian by the Imperial court). Can we cut out all of the medieval references please?
So basically, before the 15th C, the ashigaru ("light foot", or "light armoured") were mercenaries, and did not become minor samurai until the Edo Period, and in the Onin War were regarded as unruly? Is that correct?
What was the makeup of a typical Japanese army contemporary to the Roman Imperial legions?
How many samurai (I mean real samurai)?
How many ashuguru (I mean conscripts)?
To get back to the original point of the topic, I've seen nothing so far that would mean a samurai or ronin would paste a legionary. If you take into account the length of time it took to become a samurai, then he has to be put against a legionary of at least 5 years service, and also has to be as contemporary as possible which makes him between an 8th or 9th Century one (deemed little more than a barbarian by the Imperial court). Can we cut out all of the medieval references please?
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