Impetus Feudal Japan army lists 1540-1600

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These IMPETUS 2 army lists for Feudal Japan were created starting from the lists of the previous version taking into account my studies on the battles and formations used during the period from 1540 to 1600.

To prepare my Kawanakajima project I studied many books and documents on Feudal Japan, so I decided to divide these lists into two different periods, 1540/1574 and 1575/1600, considering the Battle of Nagashino the border between two different ways of conceiving military strategy.

Before Nagashino the concept of battle was based on the prevalent use of cavalry and samurai, Nagashino in 1575 gave way to a different conception of battle, perhaps less romantic, but certainly more effective thanks to the use of harquebuses, more and more precise, and of the great groups of Ashigaru which will then have their maximum exaltation in 1600 with the battle of Sekigahara.

Starting from this assumption I created three lists, Daimyo or the armies of the great feudal lords, Sohei Monks Warriors who fought both alongside the Daimyos but who also opposed them in various revolts, and finally Ikko-Ikki, a revolt movement that it created many problems for the powerful Daimyos

If you have notes or need more information you can write to me at wargame@netromagna.com.

Good fun!

Update List 21/07/2021

Note : TEDATE=PAVISE

DAIMYO ARMY

1540/1574	1575/1600			MOV	VBU	IMP	D	VD		POINTS
3/6	1/5	CP2	MOUNTED SAMURAI *	3H	7	4	B	3		38
0/1	0/1	CP2	HATAMOTO MOUNTED SAMURAI GUARD*	3H	8	4	A	3		53
3/6	1/4	FP	SAMURAI INFANTRY*	2H	6	3	B	3		26
2/6	4/8	FL	ASHIGARU	2H	5	2	B	3	LONG SPEAR	24
1/6	0/4	T	ASHIGARU ARCHERS	2H	3	0	C	1	COMP. BOW B	11
1/6	0/4	T	ASHIGARU ARCHERS	2H	3	0	C	1	COMP. BOW B TEDATE	14
1/6	0/4	T	ASHIGARU ARCHERS	2H	4	0	B	2	COMP. BOW B TEDATE	21
0/2	0/2	S	ASHIGARU ARCHERS	3H	2	0	B	1	COMP. BOW B	16
0/2	0/2	FL	RONIN	2H	5	2	C	2		16
0/4	2/8	T	ASHIGARU TEPPO	2H	4	0	B	2	ARQUEBUS B	18
0/4	2/8		=	2H	4	0	B	2	ARQUEBUS B TEDATE	21
NO	=	T	ASHIGARU TEPPO	2H	4	0	B	2	ARQUEBUS A	21
NO	=		=	2H	4	0	B	2	ARQUEBUS A TEDATE	24
0/2	0/4	S	ASHIGARU TEPPO	3H	2	0	B	1	ARQUEBUS A	19

SOHEI WARRIOR MONK ARMY
They can be integrated into a DAIMYO army but cannot be CINC.
They can form an independent army by integrating IKKO IKKI troops.

1540/1574	1575/1600			MOV	VBU	IMP	D	VD		POINTS
0/3		CM	MOUNTED WARRIOR MONK *	2H	5	3	B	2		24
2/4		FL	WARRIOR MONK *	2H	5	2	B	2		21
0/2	0/2	FL	RONIN	2H	5	2	C	2		16
0/1		S	MONACI	3H	3	3	B	1		16
1/6	0/4	T	ARCHERS WARRIOR MONK	2H	3	0	B	1	COMP. BOW B	16
0/2	1/3	T	TEPPO WARRIOR MONK	2H	4	0	C	2	ARQUEBUS B	13
0/2	1/4	S	TEPPO WARRIOR MONK	3H	2	0	C	1	ARQUEBUS A	14
1/4	0/4	S	ARCHERS WARRIOR MONK	3H	2	0	B	1	COMP. BOW B	16