Ashigaru Infantry Formations

Timeline

1. 1361–1365Ōmi Province · ŌmiAfter the reunification of the Northern and Southern Courts, provincial shugo still frequently mobilized; ashigaru, as non-mounted infantry, were incorporated into armies, performing fortification, patrol, and spear- and archery-unit duties in set-piece battles, lower in status than samurai but growing in number.
2. 1366–1370Muromachi, Kyoto · KyotoThe Muromachi shogunate and powerful daimyō began appointing ashigaru-gashira to lead dozens to hundreds of ashigaru, maintaining standing auxiliary troops with stipends of rice or land, shifting ashigaru formations from wartime levies to reusable military units.