Ashigaru Armor

Ashigaru Armor

Ashigaru Armor was light, flexible and cheap to make. It was issued to peasant soldiers, or ashigaru, in samurai armies. It was the most common form of armor in Rokugan.

Some samurai would consider wear ashigaru armor if a mission required them to travel light and fast, such as scouting, and Ronin were also noted for commonly using ashigaru armor because of it's availability and low cost.

Appearance

Typical Ashigaru armor would consist of metal plates laced or sewn onto cloth that covered the torso, arms, legs. and the conical helmet known as a jingasa. Sometimes bamboo was also used. ^{[citation needed]}

Ashigaru armor was usually worn by spearmen in samurai armies. ^{[citation needed]}

External Links

• Ashigaru Armor (Wrath of the Emperor)

References

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