DBA Armies

I/64 EARLY JAPANESE 500 BC - 500 AD

This list covers Japanese armies of the Yayoi and early Kofun cultures. The Yayoi were not united and even their most powerful rulers only controlled part of the country - one of the most important of these being Yamatai ruled by the priestess-queen Himiko (183-248 AD). Warriors wore simple clothing and tattoos and their weapons included spears, dagger-axes, swords, wooden bows and slings. The Kofun period saw great increases in the use of iron armour (laced plates in Chinese style or vertical strips in the Korean style), the use of at least some very long (4m) spears and large leather pavises, a few cavalry and the gradual consolidation under an Imperial dynasty based in the Yamato basin. References: The History of Japanese Armor (Vol.1) from the Yayoi to the Muromachi period Ritta Nakanishi, Slingshot 200, 251, 252.

I/64a — Yayoi culture Japanese Army 500 BC - 274 BC

List: 1 x General (3/4Bw or 4Bd or 4Ax), 3 x dagger-axe men (4Bd), 3 x spearmen (4Ax), 5 x archers (3Bw) or slingers (Ps)
Terrain: Hilly
Aggression: 1
Enemies:

I/64b — Kofun culture Japanese Army 275 AD - 407 AD

List: 1 x General (4Bw), 3 x uji noble archers with armour and pavise and their retainers (4Bw), 4 x other retainers (3/4Bw), 2 x levy archers (3Bw), 2 x noble spearmen with armour and pavise and their retainers (Sp/4Pk)
Terrain: Hilly
Aggression: 2
Enemies:
Allies: II/75

I/64c — Kofun culture 408 AD - 500 AD

List: 1 x General (4Bw or Cv), 2 x uji noble archers with armour and pavise and their retainers (4Bw), 4 x other retainers (3/4Bw), 2 x levy archers (3Bw), 2 x noble spearmen with armour and pavise and their retainers (Sp/4Pk), 1 x armoured horse archers (Cv) or pacified Emishi (Ps)
Terrain: Hilly
Aggression: 2
Enemies:
Allies: II/75