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Ieyasu’s Ambition: The Road to Sekigahara

  • Daigoji, famous as the site of Hideyoshi’s cherry blossom party, is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. The photograph shows Sanbōin at Daigoji with cherry blossoms in full bloom. (© Pixta)

    Daigoji, famous as the site of Hideyoshi’s cherry blossom party, is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. The photograph shows Sanbōin at Daigoji with cherry blossoms in full bloom. (© Pixta)

  • A wooden statue thought to be of Toyotomi Hideyoshi discovered at Ōmiya Shrine in Osaka in May 2020. The statue, dating back to the Edo period (1603–1868), is life-size and therefore the biggest of Hideyoshi in Japan. (© Jiji)

    A wooden statue thought to be of Toyotomi Hideyoshi discovered at Ōmiya Shrine in Osaka in May 2020. The statue, dating back to the Edo period (1603–1868), is life-size and therefore the biggest of Hideyoshi in Japan. (© Jiji)

  • A portrait of Ishida Mitsunari. After defeat at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Mitsunari was executed in Kyoto. In January 1978, his descendant Ishida Takayuki re-created an accurate image of his face based on the skull recovered from his grave. (© Kyōdō)

    A portrait of Ishida Mitsunari. After defeat at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Mitsunari was executed in Kyoto. In January 1978, his descendant Ishida Takayuki re-created an accurate image of his face based on the skull recovered from his grave. (© Kyōdō)

  • Statues of Uesugi Kagekatsu (left) and Naoe Kanetsugu at the ruins of Yonezawa Castle in Matsugamisaki Park, Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture. (© Pixta)

    Statues of Uesugi Kagekatsu (left) and Naoe Kanetsugu at the ruins of Yonezawa Castle in Matsugamisaki Park, Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture. (© Pixta)

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