Ashigaru Officers?

Hi Everyone

Just wanted to know. Were the officers in Ashigaru units Samurai? or
did they have their own Ashigaru officers?

I would say both, but it really depended on the army.  There was often a thin line between high ranking ashigaru and very low ranking samurai, so either would suffice.  Usually, it would be a high ranking ashigaru (the equivalent of a sergeant or a lieutennant in the U.S. Army), who would then be under the command of either a kumigashira or a monogashira (division commander, one way or another).

--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Philip Sorel <Lutzberg@...> wrote:

From: Philip Sorel <Lutzberg@...>
Subject: [samuraihistory] Ashigaru Officers?
To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 7:56 AM






Hi Everyone

Just wanted to know. Were the officers in Ashigaru units Samurai? or
did they have their own Ashigaru officers?



















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Awesome, Takezo

Thanks for the assistance.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Takezo Getsu <getsutakezo@...> wrote:
> I would say both, but it really depended on the army. There was often a
> thin line between high ranking ashigaru and very low ranking samurai, so
> either would suffice. Usually, it would be a high ranking ashigaru (the
> equivalent of a sergeant or a lieutennant in the U.S. Army), who would then
> be under the command of either a kumigashira or a monogashira (division
> commander, one way or another).
>
> --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Philip Sorel <Lutzberg@...> wrote:
>
> From: Philip Sorel <Lutzberg@...>
> Subject: [samuraihistory] Ashigaru Officers?
> To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 7:56 AM
>
> Hi Everyone
>
> Just wanted to know. Were the officers in Ashigaru units Samurai? or
> did they have their own Ashigaru officers?
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>