Battle of Sekigahara
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The Battle of Sekigahara was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.
Edo-period screen depicting the battle
Site of Matsudaira Tadayoshi and Ii Naomasa's Positions during the battle
Edo period screen depicting the Battle of Sekigahara – 160,000 men fought on October 21, 1600.
Ishida Mitsunari's letter to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, expressing a negative opinion of some generals' (including Kobayakawa Hideaki) reckless action during the Japanese invasions of Korea.
Tokugawa shogunate
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The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo shogunate, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
Battle of Sekigahara
…the most important battle in Japanese history. Mitsunari's defeat in the Battle of Sekigahara is generally considered to be the beginning point of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan for another two and a half centuries until 1868. The final years of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reign were turbulent. At the time of…
Samurai of the Shimazu clan
Edo Castle, 17th century
An ukiyo-e by Yoshitoshi depicting the scene when Ieyasu had an audience with Emperor Go-Yōzei
Dutch trading post in Dejima, c. 1805