From the middle ages to the end of the early modern era, the recruitment of ordinary people was limited to the support roles of kohei (military engineering) and heitan (military logistics) and such individuals were only mobilized for battle in emergency situations.
中世以降、近世の終わりまで一般大衆の動員は工兵･兵站といった後方任務に限られており、彼らの戦闘要員としての動員は非常時にしか見られない。