One of the most distinctive troops types in Japanese (and some other eastern Asian) armies are the warrior monks. The original martial artists these guys were not shy about stepping off the temple grounds to go and bust heads, and had a pretty fearsome reputation as warriors.
Category: Ronin

Ronin Warbands: Bushi and Ikko Ikki
Health warning: if you like your historical wargames to played with a completely straight face and 100% historical accuracy, look away now because the theme for these mini armies might just make you chuck a thrombo.

Blotz Japanese Houses Review
The next piece of my Japanese village project is probably the most important: some houses! Not much of a village without them to be honest!

Sarissa Japanese storehouses
My current project is a small Japanese village as a setting for games of Ronin, and one of the first things I’ve got done are a pair of these rural storehouses from Sarissa.

Sarissa Japanese Bridge
There are some pieces of terrain that you put on a board, and you’ve instantly set the location and period. This Japanese bridge from Sarissa just conjures the time of the samurai before you even put your miniatures on the table.