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The battle of sekigahara wasn’t only about logistics imo: - Kobayakawa had large forces on a hill for half the battle couldn’t decide which side until both sides pretty much not only threatened him but started shooting arrows on his troop well into the battle - he chose the Tokugawa side - Other defectors like Kikkawa and Akaza late decided the battle as they followed Kobayakawa - Mitsunari was charismatic and deeply loyal to the Toyotomi side but still had a of issues recruiting lords to fight for him - Background: Toyotomi Hideyoshi passes away in 1598, and it creates a power vacuum. Ieyasu now in his late 50s is ready to take over (after seeing unification happen first with Nobunaga, and now with Hideyoshi, there’s finally an opportunity for him) but Hideyoshi’s son and his mother are in the way. This was the literal and metaphorical battle between the incumbent and the challenger - So every daimyo in Japan has a choice, stick w/ the old Toyotomi, or fight for the Ieyasu, or abstain. It was a bet
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Also as a side note for Tokugawa Ieyasu to finally unify Japan and gain power, even after the Battle of Sekigahara, there’s still two more large battles: Siege of Osaka Winter Campaign (大坂城冬の陣) and Siege of Osaka Summer Campaign (大坂城夏の陣) and a ton of political maneuvering and intrigue before the Toyotomi family ends and the Tokugawa Shogunate starts. Great historical figures on both sides, a famous one that comes to mind for the Siege of Osaka is Sanada Yukimura who fought valiantly for the Toyotomi family, even though he fought for the western forces in the Battle of Sekigahara. His brothers fought for the eastern side, ironically.
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Another reason that Tokugawa Shogunate which starts in 1615 ish and lasts till 1868 with the Taiseihoukan (大政奉還) is that Ieyasu, having seen Oda Nobunaga consolidate power first, and then get betrayed by Akachi Mitsuhide; and then see Toyotomi come to Oda’s revenge and leverage that to take power, he also saw that Toyotomi absolutely had no proper system or structure beyond his generation to rule. So a lot of the Tokugawa shogunate was about creating a structure that would last beyond his life and if anything he learned what not to do from Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others that came before him. This is one of the reasons the Edo Period lasts another 250 years after this, and why Edo prospers, and is peaceful for so long
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The reason that Ieyasu was able to see this happen, is that as a young kid he is actually sent as a prisoner to grow up in the Imagawa family in the country of Suruga (now Shizuoka) and this family is the largest power in the area that directly threatens Oda. The famous Oda Nobunaga is the one that eventually defeats the Imagawa family and Ieyasu joins him. Essentially there’s a lot of interesting history between that point (including Ieyasu and Nobunaga almost dying in the same battle on the same side) - my point is Ieyasu has been watching the development of this turbulent time on the sidelines almost his whole life. He knows the players, and his bided his time
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This is the famous battle that Imagawa gets defeated by Oda forces: This one was Military Strategy 101: attack forces from the direction that they never think they would be attacked - it’s the best way if you can pull it off https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okehazama
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if you're into the battle of okehazama, I have a friend you should meet
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