Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.

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.

Sekigaharascreen
Sekigaharascreen (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Battle of Sekigahara folding screen
Battle of Sekigahara folding screen (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Site of Matsudaira Tadayoshi and Ii Naomasa's Positions
Site of Matsudaira Tadayoshi and Ii Naomasa's Positions (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Sekigahara Kassen Byōbu-zu (Gifu History Museum)
Sekigahara Kassen Byōbu-zu (Gifu History Museum) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.