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 The blood is still visible During the late summer of 1600, the Fushimi Castle in Kyoto, Japan, was besieged. Here, a garrison of 2000 men led by Torii Mototada held out for 11 days against an overwhelming force of 40 000 men led by Ishida Mitsunari.  Constant chaos and civil war had raged for 150 years when the Sengoku-period was in its final years. It wouldn't take long until the country entered more peaceful times(Edo-period) when Tokugawa Ieyasus unified all of Japan under his rule and established the Tokugawa shogunate after defeating his biggest rival, Ishida Mitsunari.  Torii Mototada was loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu and they both engaged in a series of battles against Ishida Mitsunari and his allies that would lead up to a large and final clash, The Battle of Sekigahara, in october 1600. The siege of Fushimi Castle was one of the battles fought prior to that.  Torii knew that a battle at this place would end in defeat, but chose to stay and defend the castle to d...