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Editor says, what if the Tokugawa clan had lost the Battle of Sekigahara? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the March 2011 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1600, on this day in Sekigahara, forces loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori (including many clans from Western Japan) won the Battle for the Sundered Realm.
Tokugawa clan lose the Battle of SekigaharaAt a crucial moment in the fighting defectors charged down the Clans of Eastern Japan.
This chance move ultimately ensured that Mitsunari (rather than Tokugawa Ieyasu) would rise to the position of Shogun. The outcome of this internal conflict had dramatic consequences that reververated throughout South-East Asia and beyond.
Under reinvigorated new leadership, Japan headed in a new strategic direction, developing international trade links and choosing to keep her borders open. Within two centures, an increasingly Christian nation had established a commercial footprint in a wider geography that stretched as far as the Aleutian Islands.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Generals Source: Wikipedia Labels: Tokugawa, Battle of Sekigahara, Toyotomi, Shogun, Japan. Editor says, in authoring this article we explore an idea on the Discussion Groups and also repurpose significant amounts of content from Wikipedia.
~ Japan would have become the real powerhouse of East Asia, and likely taken another bite at Korea and China.
~ Agreed--which would in time have brought it into conflict with such nations as Britain and France, which had their own ambitions in the region. For instance, there might have been no "French Indochina" to becme the modern Vietnam.
~ Wonder what would've been this TL's "Russo-Japanese War" where Westerners would be forced to recognize Japanese significance.
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