It included additional supporting personnel of kohei (military engineer) (mine development specialists, kurokuwa (construction workers), kobushin gumi (samurai without official appointments who received small salaries)), accountant (nandokata clerk, yuhitsu (secretary)), cooks (kitchen workers), physicians and monks (monks accompanying samurai to war).
より後方支援的な職種である工兵（金堀衆、黒鍬、小普請組）、主計（納戸方、右筆）、調理人（台所方）、医者、僧侶（陣僧）などといったものを含む。