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Soulend
19th October 2003, 15:57
Probably a stupid question, but is there any memorial or part of the battlefield left where the battle of Sekigahara was fought, or is it all built up today?

fifthchamber
20th October 2003, 15:11
Hello David,
I believe that I've seen a pic of the battlefield site that showed a few tall Tokugawa mon banners around a fairly agricultural looking area...Not much houses or roads from the pic I saw...But it was an old picture and black and white so much may have changed...Progress!:rolleyes:
There must be a museum near there for it....Surely?
Sorry not to help more..
Regards...

Snowtiger
20th October 2003, 17:59
First of all, if someone is really interested, he can ask information via e-mail from: info@town.sekigahara.gifu.jp

Second, here are some links that may help (I hope):

http://jpatokal.iki.fi/photo/travel/Japan/Tokai/Sekigahara/index.html
http://www.jcastle.info/castle/ogaki.html
http://www.jal.co.jp/op21/sek/jal_y2/artcl.html
http://www.jtb.co.jp/Tjsite/library/22/index_e.html

cybermaai
21st October 2003, 02:42
I visited Sekigahara for the 400th anniversary in Oct. 2000. There were hundreds of guys in full gear who marched under the different banners representing each of the daimyo fighting at that time. They easily outnumbered the tourists. I can't remember which was East and which was West but one group marched from some sort of visitors center, and another group came out of the hills at the edge of town. The sight of these columns marching at each other thru dried and harvested rice fields was as amazing as you can imagine.
The groups entered and sat around the baseball field of a school built near the actual site of the heavy fighting. The generals were on raised platforms. An announcer narrated the events of the battle, and as they were called, a couple dozen troops would come together in the center of the field and skirmish a bit, until the next part of the narrative was told. The whole thing whiled away a pleasant fall Sunday afternoon. I took some great shots (in sepia) of various warriors at rest. Unfortunatly, I have no good action shots since there were few good vantage points from which to watch the battle. ( Very flat ground and poor planning.)
If you go to Sekigahara and simply wander around the area, you will come across dozens of signs, statues, and stones marking significant events. Brush up on your kanji!

Soulend
21st October 2003, 04:12
Thanks everyone! I'm off to Japan in a few months and always wanted to see the site.