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| | The Story of the Battle of Sekigahara |
 | | battlefield of Sekigahara as dawn broke on the morning of October 21, 1600, there were few who could doubt that a decisive battle here would mark the end of decades of civil strife and that, at the end of the day, a new shogun with power throughout all Japan would emerge. |
 | | His army of some 80,000 at Sekigahara included many famous warrior names of the recent past, such the Mori of Choshu, the Kobayakawa, the Kikkawa, the Ukita and the Shimazu of Satsuma. |
 | | A battle of attrition developed as, throughout the rest of the morning, more commanders ordered their men into the fray along the wavering battle front. |
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