Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Samurai Warriors 5 In short, the Eiroku Incident can be described as the following: it is a collection of events that began with the assassination of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and ended with Ashikaga Yoshiaki’s installment as shōgun. It is a complicated time in Sengoku history, mainly due to the power vacuum that was … Continue reading The Eiroku Incident

Map of Japan before Sekigahara Sekigahara was not just the battle that was fought on October 21, 1600. There were campaigns in the north and south and all over the main island of Honshū. Unfortunately, since Sekigahara gets all the attention from historians, many of these other battles and sieges get set aside. Research on … Continue reading Other Sekigahara Sideshows

Tachibana Muneshige official artwork from Samurai Warriors 4 The Kyūshū Sekigahara Campaign were a series of sieges fought mainly between the Tachibana clan of Kyūshū, who sided with the Western Army, and various generals from the Eastern Army. This campaign tends to get pushed to the side when talking about the Sekigahara Campaign as a whole, … Continue reading The Kyūshū Sekigahara Campaign

Ueda Castle Forces: Sanada (Western Army) vs. Tokugawa (Eastern Army) Numbers: 2,000 (Sanada)/38,000 (Tokugawa) Casualties: Unknown The Siege of Ueda was a battle that took place just days before the Battle of Sekigahara, which took place on October 21, 1600. The battle was fought between the Sanada clan, at least the part of the clan that sided with … Continue reading Siege of Ueda, 1600

Date(s): June 21, 1582 Armies: Oda vs. Akechi Casualties: Unknown number for both sides   The Honnōji Incident was a coup brought on by Akechi Mitsuhide against Oda Nobunaga in the early morning hours of June 21, 1582. This is one of the most significant events in the Sengoku Jidai, with the end result being … Continue reading The Honnōji Incident

Hasedō as it appears in Samurai Warriors 4 The Tōhoku Sekigahara Campaign was a series of sieges fought in the northern part of the main island of Honshū between the Eastern and Western Armies. The battles took place before and during the Battle of Sekigahara, which happened on October 21, 1600. The battles were fought … Continue reading The Tōhoku Sekigahara Campaign

Date(s): June 1560, exact date unknown Armies: Oda Army vs. Imagawa Army Victor: Oda Army Casualties: Exact number for each sides unknown The Battle of Okehazama was a clash between the Oda and Imagawa clans which ended with the fall of the Imagawa clan and the rise of the Oda, more importantly, the rise of … Continue reading The Battle of Okehazama

https://youtu.be/GkVb56qZRRY YouTube version of this article Map of Japan during the Sengoku Jidai The Sengoku Jidai is also known as the “Warring States Period” to English scholars, which is actually an almost literal translation.(1) While English Japanese historians can agree on the name of the era, for some reason, they cannot agree on the years. … Continue reading An Overview of the Sengoku Jidai

Date(s): October 21, 1600 Armies: Western Army vs. Eastern Army Victor: Eastern Army Casualties: Western Army: 5,000-32,000/23,000 defected Eastern Army: Unknown number The Battle of Sekigahara was the grand finale of the Sekigahara Campaign and, according to many scholars, was the final battle of the Sengoku Jidai. It was fought between the Western Army, led … Continue reading The Battle of Sekigahara