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Ishida Mitsunari (石田 三成, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi–Momoyama period of the 16th century.
Ishida Mitsunari was a Japanese warrior whose defeat in the famous Battle of Sekigahara (1600) allowed the Tokugawa family to become undisputed rulers of Japan. Distinguished in the service of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warrior who reunified Japan after more than a century of civil war, Ishida was.
This battle was fought by the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu against a coalition led by Ishida Mitsunari, from which several commanders defected before or during the battle, leading to a Tokugawa victory. The Battle of Sekigahara was the largest battle of Japanese feudal history and is often regarded as the most important.
The Battle of Sekigahara was the last major conflict between the western and eastern armies. With Mitsunari’s coalition shattered, Ieyasu was able to capture Sawayama and Ōsaka castles in a matter of days. Mitsunari was beheaded in Kyōto within a month.
Learn about how the rivalry between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari culminated in the Battle of Sakigahara.
The Sekigahara Campaign was a series of battles in Japan fought between the Eastern Army aligned with Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Western Army loyal to Ishida Mitsunari, culminating in the decisive Battle of Sekigahara.
Ishida Mitsunari (1560-1600) Shiga Prefecture. After Oda Nobunaga, one of the three great heroes of the Sengoku period, was defeated in the Honnoji Incident, it was Toyotomi Hideyoshi who unified the country. Ishida Mitsunari served as one of the five magistrates under Hideyoshi and supported him.
Ishida Mitsunari (Ishido on Shōgun) served as Tokugawa’s main rival. He was a major player in Hideyoshi’s invasion of Korea, which earned him a prominent seat on the Council of Regents.
Tokugawa Ieyasu’s and Ishida Mitsunari’s climactic clash at Sekigahara was the culmination of a monthslong campaign in which the two daimyo sought to eliminate each other and reshape the future of Japan in their own image.
The Battle of Sekigahara was a decisive clash that took place on October 21, 1600, between two rival factions vying for control of Japan: the Eastern Army led by Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Western Army led by Ishida Mitsunari.