 Most viewed - Sekigahara 関ヶ原町 |
Samurai armor with matchlock gun bullet holes.1503 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. 1079 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 battle1074 views
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Unique helmets worn by warlords on the battlefield.847 views
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Explanatory map of the Battle of Sekigahara813 views
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Statue of Lord Takenaka Hanbei 竹中半兵衛重治631 views
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View of the Sekigahara battlefield from Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp at Momokubari.611 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604 views
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Illustration of Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp where he inspected the heads of his defeated enemies.598 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.592 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.576 views
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Map on lookout deck.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.566 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, 1600.561 views
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Explanatory map of the Battle of Sekigahara558 views
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Warlord banners, left to right: Kuroda, Fukushima, Honda, and Tokugawa.540 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.525 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512 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.510 views
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Defensive barriers on Mt. Sasaoyama, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp. 笹尾山 石田三成陣跡489 views
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2nd floor482 views
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Steps going up to Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp during the Battle of Sekigahara.477 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu inspecting the head of his enemies at his base camp453 views
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Illustration of Mt. Matsuo where Lord Kobayakawa Hideaki was based.446 views
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Ishida Mitsunari, age 41 at the time of the battle433 views
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Yamauchi Kazutoyo432 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp, as seen from the final battlefield. 笹尾山431 views
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Banner with Ukita Hideie's crest.426 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424 views
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Ishida Mitsunari's banner with his family crest.416 views
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Profiles of neutral armies414 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.405 views
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Foot of Mt. Sasaoyama, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp. 笹尾山 石田三成陣跡400 views
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Foot of Mt. Sasao, Ishida Mitsunari's base camp. 笹尾山 石田三成陣跡390 views
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Profiles of Western Forces390 views
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Monument marking the site where the Sekigahara battle started. 開戦地390 views
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Cannon378 views
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Warlord banners376 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.372 views
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Sekigahara Warland369 views
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Sekigahara Battlefield, now occupied mainly by rice paddies, a school, and homes. 関ヶ原古戦場362 views
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Site where the battle started and Mt. Matsuo in the background.361 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu at his base camp340 views
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Behind the monuments is a trail probably used by Ieyasu's troops on Mt. Momokubari-yama.338 views
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Path to Konishi Yukinaga's station, near where the battle started.335 views
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Monument marking Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp during the Battle of Sekigahara.334 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331 viewsThe left banner has the Ishida Mitsunari's crest and the right banner has the Tokugawa crest.
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Sign explaining that the two rocks below were said to be used as a bench and table for Ieyasu.329 views
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Sekigahara Town History and Folklore Museum 関ヶ原町歴史民俗資料館326 views
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡324 views
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Area around Konishi Yukinaga's position.323 views
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Conch shell for battle.321 views
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Inside Sekigahara Town History and Folklore Museum 関ヶ原町歴史民俗資料館320 views
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Lookout deck with a bird's eye view of the battlefield.312 views
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Barriers and steps looking down the slope.311 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.310 views
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Lookout deck on Mt. Sasao. 笹尾山305 views
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Another smaller monument marking Tokugawa Ieyasu's first base camp during the Battle of Sekigahara.305 views
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡304 views
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Well where the decapitated heads of Western Force leaders were washed.303 views
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Plastic samurai armor299 views
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Sekigahara Battlefield and Mt. Matsuo 関ヶ原古戦場295 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama and stone marker. 笹尾山282 views
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A woman samurai279 views
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Steps up to the top of Mt. Sasaoyama.276 views
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Sekigahara Town History and Folklore Museum 関ヶ原町歴史民俗資料館276 viewsNear Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp.
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡276 views
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East Burial Site, where the decapitated heads of the Western force leaders were buried. 東首塚274 views
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Site where the battle started as seen from Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.271 views
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Inside Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp270 views
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position. 井伊直政・松平忠吉 陣跡270 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara Festival, 2008266 views
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East Burial Site, where the decapitated heads of the Western force leaders were buried. 東首塚258 views
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Banners mark the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.257 views
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West Burial Site for the corposes of West Forces leaders. Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚255 views
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Water tower painted in Sekigahara motif.255 views
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Kobayakawa Hideaki on Mt. Matsuo who turned against Ishida Mitsunari and helped Ieyasu win the battle.253 views
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Banners with Kyogoku Takatomo's crest.253 views
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Art park to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the battle in the year 2000. Near the Shimazu position.253 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu retainer at the Battle of Sekigahara Festival, 2008250 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama and stone monument marking Ishida Mitsunari's base camp.249 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp at Jinbano 陣場野 徳川家康最後陣跡249 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249 views
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Top of Mt. Sasaoyama246 views
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Memorial shrine246 views
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚243 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp at Jinbano 陣場野 徳川家康最後陣跡239 views
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Shimazu Yoshihiro239 views
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Marker for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp236 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama and stone monument marking Ishida Mitsunari's base camp.235 views
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚232 views
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Monument for Shimazu Yoshihiro from Satsuma (Kagoshima). Ishida asked for his assistance at 10 am, but was refused.232 views
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Hill where Shimazu was.231 views
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Fierce samurai231 views
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Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.226 views
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I caught one. Pure mochi (no adzuki bean paste inside). It was a very impressive and enjoyable festival.225 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224 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223 views
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Top of Mt. Sasaoyama and stone monument222 views
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Path to/from Shimazu Yoshihiro's monument.217 views
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Shimazu Yoshihiro216 views
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Monument for Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.215 views
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Memorial tree213 views
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Marker for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp212 views
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.212 views
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Path to Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.212 views
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.211 views
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Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position, near Sekigahara Station. And also next to Higashi Kubizuka.207 views
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Signs show the way and distance to the various monuments.206 views
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Marker for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Final Base Camp205 views
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Rear view of monument marking the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.205 views
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position.204 views
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position. 井伊直政・松平忠吉 陣跡204 views
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Site of Fukushima Masanori's position. 福島正則陣跡201 views
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Matchlock guns199 views
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚193 views
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Entrance to Sekigahara Warland192 views
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Monument marking Fukushima Masanori's position.191 views
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Monument marking the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.191 views
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Fukushima Masanori's position and shrine.188 views
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Warland path187 views
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Monument at West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚185 views
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Monument at West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka183 views
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The finale was the throwing of mochi.183 views
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Ishida Mitsunari179 views
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Hand-to-hand combat175 views
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Evidence of victory175 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sasaoyama.171 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. 166 views
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A few matchlock gun battalions gathered on the Sasaoyama stage.165 views
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Inside museum with a map of the battle163 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 enemy160 views
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Load, get ready, and...154 views
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Battle Museum 合戦資料館152 views
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Memorial for the fallen warriors at the Battle of Sekigahara149 views
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Ishida Mitsunari on Mt. Sasaoyama148 views
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Tamakurabe Clear Spring147 views
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Tokugawa allies at his base camp146 views
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This man wore authentic samurai armor, over a century old, made of metal. A family heirloom.144 views
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Ieyasu retainer143 views
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Tamakurabe Clear Spring 日本武尊ゆかりの泉「玉倉部の清水」141 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.141 views
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Sekigahara Stalactite Cavern parking lot. The blue-roof building is a souvenir shop and restaurant.140 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.140 views
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The Sekigahara samurai warriors arrived Sasaoyama at noon.140 views
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JR Sekigahara Station on the Tokaido Line 東海道線 関ヶ原駅139 views
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And Tokugawa Ieyasu.138 views
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Ishida Mitsunari loses the battle, and is executed.138 views
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Ishida Mitsunari on Mt. Sasaoyama135 views
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At 11 am, the gun battalions arrived.135 views
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Mock combat with a spectator.135 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.134 views
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This man wore newer samurai armor made of plastic.134 views
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They are all dressed in colorful samurai armor.132 views
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Ishida Mitsunari130 views
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Ishida Mitsu-nyan, another cat, was the most popular.129 views
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Shimasako-nyan, a cat based on one of Ishida Mitsunari's retainers. しまさこにゃん128 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.127 views
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1000-meter elevation mark and Mt. Ibuki haiku poem by Basho, on Ibukiyama Driveway.126 views
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Mini banners for all the clans who battled at Sekigahara.124 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.123 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.122 views
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Smoke signal on Mt. Sasaoyama. Also notice the bell on the left.121 views
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They get ready to fire their matchlock guns. (No bullets)121 views
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FIRE!! Those guns make a huge noise.121 views
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Ishida Mitsu-nyan and his calligraphy brush121 views
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Spear-wielding women warriors (with foxy makeup on).121 views
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The driveway is open only during non-winter months.120 views
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Matchlock gun warrior120 views
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Monumental tree119 views
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Monumental tree next to Hachiman Shrine119 views
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Matchlock gun warrior posing for pictures.117 views
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Sword demo116 views
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Fuwa-no-seki Museum's model of an ancient warrior115 views
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They fired the gun a few times.115 views
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The Sekigahara Ondo dance was then held. 関ヶ原音頭115 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu leaving Sasaoyama.114 views
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate (no entry) 不破関113 views
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Ishida Mitsunari113 views
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Another lord dies in battle.113 views
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Ishida Mitsu-nyan goods111 views
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Ishida Mitsunari111 views
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Tokugawa Ieyasu gives commands during the Battle of Sekigahara.111 views
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Fuwa-no-seki Museum 不破関資料館110 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110 views
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View from Ibukiyama Driveway109 views
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It was actually kind of humorous.109 views
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Ishida Mitsunari is beheaded and dies.109 views
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An angelic dancer then came to cover Ishida's body with a white cloth.109 views
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Inside Fuwa-no-seki Museum 不破関資料館108 views
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Hachiman Shrine108 views
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BOOM!!!108 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.)108 views
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Ishida Mitsunari108 views
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The battle ensues.108 views
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate 不破関107 views
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Monument for the decisive battle107 views
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Great photo opp.107 views
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At around 12:30 pm, some of the samurai staged a mock battle at Sasaoyama.107 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.107 views
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Battle of Sekigahara signboard at Sekigahara Station, Eastern Forces106 views
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Battle of Sekigahara signboard at Sekigahara Station, Western Forces106 views
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Central Sekigahara town106 views
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate 不破関106 views
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After the demo, they posed for pictures.106 views
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Cavern exit105 views
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Mt. Sasaoyama, the small hill that was Lord Ishida Mitsunari's base camp. Behind it is Mt. Ibuki.105 views
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Bento box lunches named after Ieyasu and Hideyoshi. 1000 yen.105 views
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Straw pole pieces cut by a sword.105 views
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