The invading army of Yoshinaka KISO supposedly consisted of samurai from noble families as well as 'even the Buyaku (laborer) of Togoku samurai had Kyusen' that even laborers served as archers when joining battle.
また、それを攻める木曽義仲軍は、由緒正しい武士ばかりか「東国武士は夫（人夫）までが弓箭にたづさいて候えば」と報告されるように、人夫までが弓箭を携えて戦闘に参加する。