 Most viewed - Sekigahara 関ヶ原町 |
Samurai armor with matchlock gun bullet holes.1509 viewsCreated by an experiment with matchlock gun fired at the body armor at over 50 meters aways, piercing both the front and back body armor.
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Sekigahara saw one of Japan's most pivotal battles on Oct. 21, 1600 (Sept. 15 of Keicho 5) between Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Forces and Toyotomi Hideyoshi loyalist Ishida Mitsunari's Western Forces. 1096 viewsIeyasu's victory in the Battle of Sekigahara sealed Japan's historical fate for the next 250 years. The former battlefield is dotted with monuments indicating the positions of various warlords during the battle.
This photo shows Mt. Momokubari where Tokugawa Ieyasu first set up his base camp for the Battle of Sekigahara. It is next to busy Route 21. A short distance east of Sekigahara Station. The former Sekigahara battlefield has numerous monuments.
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Weapons used in battle1079 views
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Unique helmets worn by warlords on the battlefield.853 views
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Explanatory map of the Battle of Sekigahara822 views
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Statue of Lord Takenaka Hanbei 竹中半兵衛重治634 views
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View of the Sekigahara battlefield from Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp at Momokubari.623 views
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Ieyasu and his troops were here from about 6 am to 10 am on the day of the Sekigahara battle. He later moved closer to the front line as the battle was going his way. This is a National Historic Place. 桃配山 徳川家康最初陣跡618 views
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Illustration of Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp where he inspected the heads of his defeated enemies.602 views
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Panoramic view of where the Battle of Sekigahara started. Most battle monuments are within walking distance from the train station, but they are numerous and spread over a wide area.601 viewsThe battle started at the foot of the hill on the left of the road. The small hill on the right was where Shimazu Yoshihiro was stationed. Mt. Ibuki is in the background in the middle.
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Banners mark the site where the battle started.586 views
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Map on lookout deck.575 views
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Banners and a monument mark the spot on Mt. Momokubari where Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp was established during the Battle of Sekigahara on Sept. 15, 1600.569 views
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On Oct. 18-19, 2008, the town of Sekigahara held a special festival to commemorate the Battle of Sekigahara. The last time they did this was in 2000 for the 400th anniversary of the battle. The main venue was near the town hall.568 views
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Explanatory map of the Battle of Sekigahara565 views
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Warlord banners, left to right: Kuroda, Fukushima, Honda, and Tokugawa.544 views
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The battle started at the foot of the hill on the left of the road. The small hill on the right was where Shimazu Yoshihiro was stationed. Mt. Ibuki is in the background in the middle.534 views
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At the top, see the two large rocks which served as a table and bench for Ieyasu. 家康の腰掛岩と机石523 views
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Steps going up to Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp at Momokubari during the Battle of Sekigahara on Oct. 21, 1600 (Sept. 15 of Keicho 5). Today it's just a small hill. The highway seemed to have cut through most of it.522 views
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Defensive barriers on Mt. Sasaoyama, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp. 笹尾山 石田三成陣跡496 views
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Steps going up to Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp during the Battle of Sekigahara.491 views
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2nd floor486 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu inspecting the head of his enemies at his base camp457 views
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Illustration of Mt. Matsuo where Lord Kobayakawa Hideaki was based.450 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp, as seen from the final battlefield. 笹尾山439 views
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Ishida Mitsunari, age 41 at the time of the battle439 views
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Yamauchi Kazutoyo437 views
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Banner with Ukita Hideie's crest.435 views
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Path to the Kaisenchi or site where the battle started, at the foot of the hill straight ahead. 開戦地432 views
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Ishida Mitsunari's banner with his family crest.421 views
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Profiles of neutral armies420 views
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Monuments marking Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp during the Battle of Sekigahara. The banners have the Tokugawa family crest.415 views
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Foot of Mt. Sasaoyama, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp. 笹尾山 石田三成陣跡407 views
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Monument marking the site where the Sekigahara battle started. 開戦地398 views
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Foot of Mt. Sasao, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp. 笹尾山 石田三成陣跡397 views
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Profiles of Western Forces396 views
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Cannon385 views
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Warlord banners379 views
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Monument marking the site where the Sekigahara battle started at 8 am on Sept. 15, 1600 (Oct. 21 Western calendar) with Ii Naomasa firing upon Ukita Hideie.378 views
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Sekigahara Warland376 views
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Site where the battle started and Mt. Matsuo in the background.367 views
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Sekigahara Battlefield, now occupied mainly by rice paddies, a school, and homes. 関ヶ原古戦場365 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu at his base camp345 views
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Behind the monuments is a trail probably used by Ieyasu's troops on Mt. Momokubari-yama.345 views
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Path to Konishi Yukinaga's station, near where the battle started.344 views
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Monument marking Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp during the Battle of Sekigahara.340 views
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Sign explaining that the two rocks below were said to be used as a bench and table for Ieyasu.338 views
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Monument for the final battle, about 1 km in front of Mt. Sasaoyama, where the fighting was the fiercest. 決戦地335 viewsThe left banner has the Ishida Mitsunari's crest and the right banner has the Tokugawa crest.
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Sekigahara Town History and Folklore Museum 関ヶ原町歴史民俗資料館332 views
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡330 views
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Area around Konishi Yukinaga's position.329 views
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Conch shell for battle.328 views
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Inside Sekigahara Town History and Folklore Museum 関ヶ原町歴史民俗資料館326 views
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Lookout deck with a bird's eye view of the battlefield.316 views
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Barriers and steps looking down the slope.315 views
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Battlefield as seen from the final battle site. Thousands died here. The battlefield is a small plain surrounded by hills and mountains.315 views
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Another smaller monument marking Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp during the Battle of Sekigahara.312 views
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡310 views
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Lookout deck on Mt. Sasao. 笹尾山309 views
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Well where the decapitated heads of Western Force leaders were washed.306 views
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Plastic samurai armor303 views
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Sekigahara Battlefield and Mt. Matsuo 関ヶ原古戦場298 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama and stone marker. 笹尾山288 views
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A woman samurai284 views
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Steps up to the top of Mt. Sasaoyama.282 views
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡282 views
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East Burial Site, where the decapitated heads of the Western force leaders were buried. 東首塚278 views
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Sekigahara Town History and Folklore Museum 関ヶ原町歴史民俗資料館277 viewsNear Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp.
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Inside Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp275 views
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position. 井伊直政・松平忠吉 陣跡275 views
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Site where the battle started as seen from Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.275 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara Festival, 2008269 views
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East Burial Site, where the decapitated heads of the Western force leaders were buried. 東首塚263 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp at Jinbano 陣場野 徳川家康最後陣跡260 views
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West Burial Site for the corposes of West Forces leaders. Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚260 views
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Banners mark the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.260 views
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Banners with Kyogoku Takatomo's crest.259 views
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Water tower painted in Sekigahara motif.257 views
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Art park to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the battle in the year 2000. Near the Shimazu position.256 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu retainer at the Battle of Sekigahara Festival, 2008255 views
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Kobayakawa Hideaki on Mt. Matsuo who turned against Ishida Mitsunari and helped Ieyasu win the battle.254 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama and stone monument marking Ishida Mitsunari's base camp.253 views
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Monument for the final battle. By 1 pm, Ishida's Western Forces fell apart, and Ishida fled the scene at 2 pm. 決戦地253 views
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Top of Mt. Sasaoyama251 views
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Memorial shrine251 views
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚248 views
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Shimazu Yoshihiro245 views
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Marker for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp244 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp at Jinbano 陣場野 徳川家康最後陣跡243 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama and stone monument marking Ishida Mitsunari's base camp.240 views
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚239 views
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Monument for Shimazu Yoshihiro from Satsuma (Kagoshima). Ishida asked for his assistance at 10 am, but was refused.238 views
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Hill where Shimazu was.236 views
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Fierce samurai236 views
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Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.232 views
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Top of Mt. Sasaoyama and stone monument228 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp at Jinbano. At 10 am, he moved here from Mt. Momokubari to be closer to the front line. 陣場野 徳川家康最後陣跡228 views
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position now within the grounds of junior high school. 藤堂高虎・京極高知陣跡228 views
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I caught one. Pure mochi (no adzuki bean paste inside). It was a very impressive and enjoyable festival.227 views
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Shimazu Yoshihiro224 views
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Monument for Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.220 views
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Path to/from Shimazu Yoshihiro's monument.220 views
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Memorial tree218 views
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Marker for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp216 views
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.216 views
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Path to Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.216 views
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Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position, near Sekigahara Station. And also next to Higashi Kubizuka.215 views
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.214 views
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Marker for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp212 views
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Rear view of monument marking the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.211 views
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Signs show the way and distance to the various monuments.211 views
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position.209 views
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position. 井伊直政・松平忠吉 陣跡209 views
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Site of Fukushima Masanori's position. 福島正則陣跡205 views
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Matchlock guns202 views
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚196 views
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Monument marking Fukushima Masanori's position.194 views
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Monument marking the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.194 views
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Entrance to Sekigahara Warland193 views
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Monument at West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚192 views
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Fukushima Masanori's position and shrine.191 views
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Warland path188 views
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The finale was the throwing of mochi.187 views
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Monument at West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka186 views
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Ishida Mitsunari180 views
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Hand-to-hand combat178 views
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Evidence of victory176 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sasaoyama.172 views
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A few matchlock gun battalions gathered on the Sasaoyama stage.167 views
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Imasu-juku was the fifty-ninth of the sixty-nine stations or shukuba post towns of the Nakasendo Road. It follows Sekigahara-juku and comes before Kashiwabara-juku in Shiga Pref. Hiroshige woodblock print of Imasu. 167 views
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Inside museum with a map of the battle166 views
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Memorial for the fallen warriors at the Battle of Sekigahara, built in 2000, the 400th anniversary.163 views
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Heads of the enemy161 views
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Battle Museum 合戦資料館155 views
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Load, get ready, and...154 views
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Memorial for the fallen warriors at the Battle of Sekigahara152 views
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Ishida Mitsunari on Mt. Sasaoyama150 views
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Tokugawa allies at his base camp148 views
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Tamakurabe Clear Spring148 views
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This man wore authentic samurai armor, over a century old, made of metal. A family heirloom.146 views
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Ieyasu retainer145 views
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Tamakurabe Clear Spring 日本武尊ゆかりの泉「玉倉部の清水」143 views
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A sword demonstration. He's cutting up a straw pole. That's one sharp knife. These people have licenses to carry these guns and swords.142 views
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Sekigahara Stalactite Cavern parking lot. The blue-roof building is a souvenir shop and restaurant.141 views
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Tamakurabe Clear Spring was where Yamato Takeru-no-Mikoto got cured by drinking the water after encountering poison mist on Mt. Ibuki.141 views
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The Sekigahara samurai warriors arrived Sasaoyama at noon.141 views
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JR Sekigahara Station on the Tokaido Line 東海道線 関ヶ原駅140 views
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And Tokugawa Ieyasu.139 views
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Ishida Mitsunari loses the battle, and is executed.138 views
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Mock combat with a spectator.137 views
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Ishida Mitsunari on Mt. Sasaoyama136 views
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There are a number of matchlock gun battalions in Japan, and they often demonstrate the guns at festivals like this.136 views
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This man wore newer samurai armor made of plastic.136 views
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At 11 am, the gun battalions arrived.135 views
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They are all dressed in colorful samurai armor.132 views
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Ishida Mitsunari131 views
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Shimasako-nyan, a cat based on one of Ishida Mitsunari's retainers. しまさこにゃん130 views
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Ishida Mitsu-nyan, another cat, was the most popular.130 views
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A few lifesize mascots walked around the foot of Sasaoyama. This is Chacha Hime, the oldest Azai sister who became Yodogimi.129 views
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1000-meter elevation mark and Mt. Ibuki haiku poem by Basho, on Ibukiyama Driveway.128 views
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Mini banners for all the clans who battled at Sekigahara.128 views
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Apparently they had women warriors too. Or maybe they did not have enough male actors to fit into the samurai costumes.125 views
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All these samurai were gathering at Sasaoyama for a procession to the Fureai Hiroba Square where a mock battle would be staged. This is Lord Shimazu Yoshihiro.124 views
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They get ready to fire their matchlock guns. (No bullets)123 views
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Monumental tree122 views
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The driveway is open only during non-winter months.122 views
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FIRE!! Those guns make a huge noise.122 views
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Ishida Mitsu-nyan and his calligraphy brush122 views
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Spear-wielding women warriors (with foxy makeup on).122 views
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Smoke signal on Mt. Sasaoyama. Also notice the bell on the left.121 views
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Matchlock gun warrior121 views
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Monumental tree next to Hachiman Shrine119 views
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Matchlock gun warrior posing for pictures.119 views
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Fuwa-no-seki Museum's model of an ancient warrior118 views
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They fired the gun a few times.118 views
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The Sekigahara Ondo dance was then held. 関ヶ原音頭118 views
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Sword demo116 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu leaving Sasaoyama.116 views
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate (no entry) 不破関115 views
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Another lord dies in battle.115 views
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Ishida Mitsu-nyan goods113 views
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Ishida Mitsunari113 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu gives commands during the Battle of Sekigahara.113 views
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Banners with the crest of Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu flank the Monument for the decisive battle, near Mt. Sasaoyama, where the fighting was the fiercest. 決戦地112 views
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Ishida Mitsunari112 views
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Fuwa-no-seki Museum 不破関資料館111 views
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An angelic dancer then came to cover Ishida's body with a white cloth.111 views
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate 不破関110 views
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Inside Fuwa-no-seki Museum 不破関資料館110 views
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View from Ibukiyama Driveway110 views
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It was actually kind of humorous.110 views
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Ishida Mitsunari is beheaded and dies.110 views
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Battle of Sekigahara signboard at Sekigahara Station, Western Forces109 views
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Cavern exit109 views
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Hachiman Shrine109 views
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BOOM!!!109 views
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At around 12:30 pm, some of the samurai staged a mock battle at Sasaoyama.109 views
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Ishida Mitsunari posing for me. He said, "You got an unusual-looking camera." (Because I was shooting both stills and video.)109 views
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Most of the forces who took part in the Battle of Sekigahara are represented. Banners with the lord's crest indicate who's who.109 views
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The battle ensues.109 views
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Battle continues.109 views
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Battle of Sekigahara signboard at Sekigahara Station, Eastern Forces108 views
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Great photo opp.108 views
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Ishida Mitsunari108 views
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Execution of 108 views
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Monument for the decisive battle107 views
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After the demo, they posed for pictures.107 views
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Bento box lunches named after Ieyasu and Hideyoshi. 1000 yen.107 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu at Mt. Momokubari, his base camp near the Sekigahara battlefield.107 views
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