<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gifu_Castle" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Gifu Castle">Battle of Gifu Castle</a>: The eastern forces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a> defeat the western <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sengoku period">Japanese</a> clans loyal to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyori" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Toyotomi Hideyori">Toyotomi Hideyori</a>, leading to the destruction of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifu_Castle" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gifu Castle">Gifu Castle</a> and serving as a prelude to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Sekigahara">Battle of Sekigahara</a>.