Battle of Sekigahara

Battle of Sekigahara
Part of the Sengoku period

Edo-period screen depicting the battle
DateOctober 21, 1600
Location
Sekigahara / Aonogahara[a] Mino Province, present-day Gifu Prefecture, Japan
35°22′14″N 136°27′42″E / 35.3705°N 136.4616°E / 35.3705; 136.4616
Result Eastern army victory
Territorial
changes
Tokugawa clan gains nominal control of all Japan
Belligerents
Western Army: Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari, many clans from Western Japan Eastern Army: Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, clans of Eastern Japan
Commanders and leaders
Ishida Mitsunari Executed
Ukita Hideie
Ōtani Yoshitsugu 
Shima Sakon 
Chōsokabe Morichika
Gamō Yorisato 
Shimazu Yoshihiro
Shimazu Toyohisa 
Akashi Takenori
Konishi Yukinaga Executed
Toda Katsushige 
Ankokuji Ekei Executed
Mōri Hidemoto
Natsuka Masaie 
Hiratsuka Tamehiro 
Defected:
Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kikkawa Hiroie
Wakisaka Yasuharu
Kutsuki Mototsuna
Akaza Naoyasu
Ogawa Suketada
Tokugawa Ieyasu: Overall commander
Ii Naomasa: Supreme field commander[2]
Fukushima Masanori
Tōdō Takatora
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Ikeda Terumasa
Oda Urakusai
Matsudaira Tadayoshi
Kuroda Nagamasa
Takenaka Shigekado
Honda Tadakatsu
Furuta Shigekatsu
Katō Yoshiaki
Terazawa Hirotaka
Ikoma Kazumasa
Tsutsui Sadatsugu
Horio Tadauji
Kanamori Nagachika
Asano Yoshinaga
Yamauchi Kazutoyo
Kyōgoku Takatomo
Strength
120,000 initially,[3]
81,890 by the time of battle[4]
75,000 initially,[3]
88,888 by the time of battle[4]
Casualties and losses

Sekigahara Gunki Taisei: 8,000–32,000 killed[5]

Tokugawa Jikki; The Chronicles of Toshogu Shrine: 35,270 killed[6]

~23,000 defected[citation needed]

Sekigahara Gunki Taisei: 4,000–10,000 killed[7]

Tokugawa Jikki; The Chronicles of Toshogu Shrine: 8,000 killed[6]
Battle of Sekigahara is located in Gifu Prefecture
Battle of Sekigahara
Location within Gifu Prefecture
Battle of Sekigahara is located in Japan
Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara (Japan)

The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: 関ヶ原の戦い; Kyūjitai: 關ヶ原の戰い, Hepburn romanization: Sekigahara no Tatakai), was a historical battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.

This battle was fought by the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu against a coalition led by Ishida Mitsunari, from which several commanders defected before or during the battle, leading to a Tokugawa victory. The Battle of Sekigahara was the largest battle of Japanese feudal history and is often regarded as the most important.

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.[8]

  1. ^ "関ケ原 戦いの場所は「青野カ原」 合戦直後の文書に記載". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Naomasa; Watanabe Daimon4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Davis 1999, p. 204.
  4. ^ a b Bryant 1995.
  5. ^ 『関原軍記大成』
  6. ^ a b Tsunoda Akio (2023). "【どうする家康 予習】関ヶ原合戦…江戸幕府の公式記録『徳川実紀』が伝える当日の様子を紹介:2ページ目". mag.japaaan.com (in Japanese). Japaaan Magazine. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 17 June 2024. 'The Chronicles of Toshogu Shrine' Volume 4, Year 5 of the Keicho Era 'The Battle of Sekihara'
  7. ^ 『関原合戦記』
  8. ^ "Battle of Sekigahara | Summary, Facts, & Outcome | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.


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