Edo Period Screen of the Battle of Sekigahara Poster

The Battle of Sekigahara popularly known as the Battle for the Sundered Realm (天下分け目の戦い Tenka Wakeme no Tatakai), was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa bakufu, the last shogunate to control Japan. Japan then had a long period of peace after that battle. Image reproduction rights can be found in the link near the bottom of this description. Sign up to Mr. Rebates for FREE and save 12% on any zazzle order in addition to a $5.00 sign up bonus All Rights Reserved; without: prejudice, recourse or notice (U.C.C. 1-308) Image Reproduction Rights: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sekigaharascreen.jpg Sekigahara "battle of Sekigahara" "Sundered Realm" "Battle for the Sundered Realm" tokugawa shogunate leyasu toyotomi "toyotomi clan" daimyo "Tokugawa bakufu" japan japanese "japanese war" edo "edo period" "Sadanobu Kano" "Lord Ii of Hikone" li hikone "Sekigahara Campaign" "Tokugawa Ieyasu"