Ashigaru Footman 2016-10-05

"Ashigaru (足軽 lit. lightfeet?) were foot-soldiers who were employed by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The first known reference to ashigaru was in the 1300s,[1] but it was during the Ashikaga Shogunate-Muromachi period that the use of ashigaru became prevalent by various warring factions." -Wikipedia