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Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Battle of Mikatagahara
1573 battle in Japan
The Battle of Mikatagahara took place during the Sengoku period of Japan between Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu in Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province on 25 January 1573. Shingen attacked Ieyasu at the plain of Mikatagahara north of Hamamatsu during his campaign against Oda…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Takeda Shingen
Japanese feudal lord (1521–1573)
Takeda Shingen was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a poor area with little arable land…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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