The absence of a national standing army forced landowners to rely on hired foot soldiers known as ashigaru. This set of ashigaru are armed with asymmetrical bows called yumi.

The absence of a national standing army forced landowners to rely on hired foot soldiers known as as ashigaru. This set of ashigaru features a banner-bearer, a musician, and a sergeant for your bowmen.

Commonly known as Benkei, Saito Musashibo Benkei was variously a warrior monk (or sohei), a mountain ascetic, and a rogue warrior. His exploits — performed in service of  the famous warrior Minamoto Yoshitsune — made Benkei a celebrated figure in Japanese history and popular culture.