Toyotomi Hideyori
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Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who united all of Japan toward the end of the Sengoku period. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobu
Toyotomi Hideyori
Grave of Toyotomi Clan at Mount Kōya
Marker at the location of suicide of Hideyori and Yodo-dono, Osaka Castle
Replica of Great Buddha of Kyoto
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.
Toyotomi Hideyori
…rule in Hideyori's place began jockeying amongst themselves for power. Tokugawa Ieyasu seized control in 1600, after his victory over the others at the Battle of Sekigahara. Hideyori's arranged marriage to Senhime, the seven-year-old granddaughter of Ieyasu, was designed to mitigate Toyotomi clan dissension and plotting…
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.