Fight with the Western Army or switch allegiance to Tokugawa Ieyasu. That was Kobayakawa Hideaki’s dilemma as he took up position at Mt. Matsuo. This is the most physically grueling route with a difference in altitude of 190m.
Fight with the Western Army or switch allegiance to Tokugawa Ieyasu. That was Kobayakawa Hideaki’s dilemma as he took up position at Mt. Matsuo. This is the most physically grueling route with a difference in altitude of 190m.
Location:111 Oaza Matsuo, Sekigahara Town
Despite receiving favors from the Toyotomi clan, Fukushima Masanori had a rivalry with Ishida Mitsunari and, so joined the Eastern Army. He attacked Ukita’s battalion soon after allowing Matsudaira and Ii to gain the honor to spearhead the Eastern Army by stealing a march on him.
Location:731-1 Oaza Yamanaka, Sekigahara Town
Kobayakawa Hideaki took up position at a place 293m high with a panoramic view of the main Sekigahara battlefield. He had already been secretly colluding to switch sides to the Eastern Army. Overwhelmed, the Western Army was soon annihilated.
Location:476-1 Oaza Toge, Sekigahara Town
Yasuharu was one of the Shichihonyari (Seven Spears) of Shizugatake. Since before the battle, he had been secretly colluding with Todo Takatora of the Eastern Army and, but he took up position at the foot of Mt. Matsuo with Kuchiki Mototsuna, Ogawa Suketada, and Akaza Naoyasu of the Western Army. When Kobayakawa’s battalion defected, Wakisaka’s and three other battalions also switched sides, playing a part in the Eastern Army’s victory.
Location:2368-1 Oaza Sekigahara, Sekigahara Town
The Western Army used a v-shaped formation consisting of Ishida Mitsunari at Mt. Sasao and Kobayakawa Hideaki at Mt. Matsuo, while the Eastern Army employed a fish formation with Fukushima Masanori at the vanguard in the center of the Sekigahara Basin. The decisive battle got underway when Matsudaira Tadayoshi and Ii Naomasa opened fire on Ukita’s battalion.
Location:959-2 Oaza Sekigahara, Sekigahara Town
About 11.00 in the morning, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved his headquarters to this camp, positioned head-on with Mitsunari’s camp on Mt. Sasao, to identify the progress of the battle. According to one theory, Ieyasu threatened Kobayakawa Hideaki at Mt. Matsuo by firing gunshots from here. After the battle, the severed head viewing ceremony was held here.
Location :908-3 Oaza Sekigahara, Sekigahara Town
On the day following the battle, the victor Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered Takenaka Shigekado to restore the shrines damaged by the fighting, and to bury the severed heads of the dead left on the battlefields. Shigekado buried the dead and built tombs for the war dead in two places – one each in the east and west. An ancient sudajii tree is the only thing remaining in the site beyond the scarlet-colored gate.