Did Tokugawa Ieyasu really lead 60,000 cavalrymen to Kyoto? We examine the discrepancy between the figures in the "Tamon'in Diary" and the approximately 3,000 men who advanced to Osaka. We also review the movements of Sakai Tadatsugu, who accompanied him, and Ii Naomasa, who remained in Okazaki.
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Did Tokugawa Ieyasu really lead 60,000 cavalrymen to Kyoto? We examine the discrepancy between the figures in the "Tamon'in Diary" and the approximately 3,000 men who advanced to Osaka. We also review the movements of Sakai Tadatsugu, who accompanied him, and Ii Naomasa, who remained in Okazaki.