関ヶ原の戦い Battle of Sekigahara

First Battle Site

First battle site

First Battle Site
address	2368-1 Sekigahara Sekigahara-cho Gifu-ken Japan
Tel	0584-43-1111(town office community promotion section)
over sea	81-584-43-1289(board of education)

JR Sekigahara Station (about 1700 meters to the northwest)
nearby sta.	JR Sekigahara Sta.1700m	21 min on foot
nearby IC	Sekigahara Interchange 2100m	5 min by car
	parking lot	15cars
	comfort station	No
There is the monument of the big First Battle Site at the entrance of Nishida exercise park near Mt.kitatemma. On the final battle day after 8:00 am strong general Saizo Kani of Fukushima’s forces was deceived by Naomasa Ii, Tadayoshi Matsudaira and others had pretended to be on patrol, but instead they fired on Ukita’s forces. Ieyasu appointed Masanori Fukushima to lead the group. They immediately fired on Ukita’s forces. Ukita’s forces shot back at Fukusima’s forces and the Battle of Sekigahara began. We call this neighborhood the First Battle Site.

related military commander
WESTERN ARMY	Hideie Ukita 574,000koku(Bizenokayama)	17,000men


EASTERN ARMY	Naomasa Ii 120,000koku(Uenotakasaki)	3,600 men360
EASTERN ARMY	Tadayoshi Matsudaira 100,000koku(Musashisinobu)	3,000 men
EASTERN ARMY	Masanori Fukushima 240,000koku(Owarikiyosu)	6,000 men
EASTERN ARMY	Saizou Kani(retainer of Fukushima)