▁the ▁nag in ata , ▁a ▁weapon ▁much ▁like ▁the ▁Chinese ▁gu anda o ▁or ▁pod ao ▁European ▁gla ive ▁or ▁the ▁Russian ▁sov ny a . ▁The ▁s ō he i ▁were ▁also ▁trained ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁heavy ▁kan ab ō , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁large ▁club ▁for ged ▁of ▁solid ▁iron . ▁Although ▁dead ly , ▁this ▁weapon ▁was ▁generally ▁used ▁to ▁defeat ▁an ▁oppon ent ▁without ▁blood sh ed . ▁ ▁The ▁I kk ō - ik ki ▁mon ks ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁due ▁largely ▁to ▁their ▁orig ins ▁as ▁coun tr ys ide ▁mob s , ▁were ▁far ▁more ▁varied ▁in ▁their ▁arm or ▁and ▁arm ament . ▁Many ▁wore ▁the ▁more ▁traditional ▁mon k ▁ro bes , ▁with ▁varying ▁degrees ▁and ▁types ▁of ▁arm or . ▁Many ▁wore ▁various ▁sorts ▁of ▁hel m ets , ▁while ▁many ▁others ▁opt ed ▁for ▁the ▁st raw ▁hat ▁and ▁clo ak ▁of ▁a ▁pe asant . ▁Nag in ata ▁remained ▁very ▁common , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁s words ▁and ▁dag gers , ▁and ▁a ▁limited ▁number ▁of ▁arqu eb uses ▁( with ▁the ▁Sa ika ▁I k ki ▁being ▁a ▁notable ▁exception , ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁mainly ▁composed ▁of ▁mus k ete ers ▁and ▁gun sm ith s ▁as ▁per ▁Su zu ki ▁Mag o ichi ' s ▁standard ▁of ▁having ▁an ▁all - mus k ete er ▁army ). ▁Finally , ▁while ▁not ▁truly ▁arm or ▁nor ▁arm ament , ▁a ▁very ▁common