Editing Kensei (section)

===Buke Units===

* Buke Daimyo
Daimyo are the leaders of their clans, and any battle they are involved in are major events. They bear O-Yorai, the best kind of armor available and can be found mounted and carrying many different kinds of weapons. 

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* Buke Taisho
Also called a Shirei-kan. Second in command of the clan, chosen by the Daimyo as a relative or one of the greatest warriors. 

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* Buke Hero Naginata

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* Buke Hero Katana

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* Buke Hero Yumi

They do not yet have models. 

* No-Dachi Samurai
Samurai armed with Nodachi, also known as Dai Katanas. The strongest among the Buke families are trained with these weapons, charging into battle in a frenzy. 

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* Yari Samurai
Samurai armed with spears, far more skilled than any Ashigaru could hope to be. They form the bulk of any Buke army and will fiercely dedicate any officer among them. 

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* Ji Samurai
Low rank samurai. Outside of war, they must toil in the fields along side their peasants to survive, which is seen as a great personal dishonor in Buke society as only warriors are worthy of any respect. Without as much wages or time to train, they arm themselves in armor and weapons as best they can and usually carry a spear and a katana, with some having the unusual practice of teaching dogs how to behave in war and using them as a supplementary force, harassing foes and alerting their masters of advancing enemies. 

Real life Ji Samurai (also called "Jizamurai") were the product of a cultural shift to trying to give all sons an equal inheritance. Progressively every generation became poorer as a result, and with less peasants per lord to work the fields the result could be a "lord" being indistinguishable from the peasants during the summer months as he worked the fields out of necessity. Due to the massive numbers of small lords in the far-off rural areas, political positions were created called "Shugo" which were essentially regional governors that answered to the Shogun. As the powers of the Shugo grew, they became rivals with each other and would over-tax or impose strict regulation on their territory in order to fund small wars, which in turn lead to peasants and Ji Samurai banding together to form "Ikki" or a type of protest. Since most Ikki were ignored or suppressed, as time went on they tended to become more and more violent until uprisings of both samurai and peasant were happening within mere decades of each other. The continued politicking of the Shugo, enabled but now beyond the control of the Shogun, resulted directly in the Sengoku wars after four hundred years of corruption and unchecked power. 

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* O-Ban
O-Ban are heavy cavalry, with their armor decorated in images of demons to look like Oni. They simply trample lesser foes to engage those worthy of their attention, impaling them with spears called Jumonji Yari tipped with a forked blade. 

These represent the same thing as the Kuge Great Guard. Oban in real life were special troops loyal to the Shogun in the Edo Period. Oban literally translates to "great guard", and their primary role was to serve within Nijo Castle, the Kyoto castle considered the administrative center of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and Osaka Castle, a place of symbolic importance representing the dominance of the Tokugawa as well as a place to test the loyalty of Daimyo by positioning them in charge of the complex (which was a financial burden and required a relocation of their clan for their stay). The highest ranking Hatamoto (bannermen, the retainers of the Tokugawa during the Edo period who numbered approximately six thousand) was the commander of the Oban. 
The O-Ban don't much resemble the real life Oban however, and are more closely inspired by the Takeda Clan. Although most Japanese horses were bred to be small and were favored as light skirmishers and cavalry archers, the horses bred by the Takeda in the Kanto region were favored to be larger and as a result even back in the Genpei war there is references to the cavalrymen of the local clans being famous. In truth, they were the only real heavy cavalry Japan had. 

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* Kengo
A highly skilled warrior dedicated to the art of Kenjutsu, the pursuit of mastery in swordsmanship. These small bands of warriors travel from village to village in time of peace to challenge anyone of any martial skill to duels, and in warfare seek out the strongest enemy in the field.

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* Yumi Kiba Musha
Samurai mounted on horseback who are trained in both archery and swordsmanship, switching between bow and katana as needed. They are armed with special arrows that make a much louder noise for intimidation, and have pronged tips to cause worse wounds. 

Most Samurai clans that had access to cavalry would have had more Samurai bowmen on them than any other role, instead of it being unique to the more militant clans. In that respect the Buke clans in Kensei are more true to history here, although to be fair a fully realistic military force would likely incorporate at least one thing from each clan type. 

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* Miutso Sume

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