it was about generals fighting over a dead leader's power and rule.
The battle occured on October 21st 1600. So it only lasted 1 day.
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Japanese General Ieysasu is victorious in the Battle of Sekigahara against the other regents of the son of late Japanese leader Oyotomi Hideyoshi. The victory took place on September 15, 1600 and solidifies his leadership over Japan. Ieysasu enlisted the help of Will Adams the English navigator to be his advisor. He also moved his capital from Kyoto to Edo, which became Tokyo.
Ibi-Sekigahara-Yōrō Quasi-National Park was created on 1970-12-28.
Ieyasu defeated his rivals at the battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The victory earned him the loyalty of daimyo throughout Japan. He later became the sole shogun and moved the capital, unifing Japan.
He was a famous swordsman. He may have fought Sekigahara under Ukita as a common soldier.
Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Nobunaga Oda got the ball rolling, but the main player in the unification of Japan was Ieyasu Tokugawa. Ieyasu Tokugawa was invested as Shogun on the 2nd of December, 1603, following the Battle of Sekigahara during which all remaining opposition was crushed.
There are several major events during this period that one could write a paper on. I would recommend doing a paper on the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. It was this battle that set Tokugawa Ieyasu on the path to establishing the Tokugawa Shogunate, thus effectively ending the Sengoku, or Warring States, period.
Although it is quite difficult to say for certain which event is the most important, especially for such a long time period, the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) is a good candidate. Tokugawa Ieyasu's victory at this battle helped to establish the Tokugawa Bakufu and ushered in nearly 3 centuries of relative stability. Including a relatively strong central government.
Japan was never invented. Countries can only be theoretically formed. (or with plate-shifts they can be physically formed, but that's over millions of years and besides the point) Earliest forms of human life discovered in Japan dates back to around 100,000 to 30,000 BC. Then around 1600, the various kingdoms and fiefdoms of Samurai Japan were first unified under Tokugawa after the Battle of Sekigahara.
Nippon is simply a way to say Japan in Japanese. It is also called Nihon. *In much the same way, the United States is not called the United States in other languages (for instance we are the Estados Unidos in Spanish).