True Houda Slope - 祝田坂 Traditional Cache
Hidden : 9/11/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

True Houda Slope : Picture of make a grimace

Cache is in Houda Slope that became the key point of the "Battle of Mikatagahara".

There is Houda Slope in Route257 now.
However, this was made at later years, and the slope that exists in cache point is the one at the time of there was a battle.

Battle of Mikatagahara fought by Takeda Shingen who had invaded Mikawa(east part of Aichi) with Tokugawa Ieyasu who had been ruling Mikawa at that time.

Takeda Shingen led 27,000 armies and started invading from Shinano(Nagano) to Mikawa in 1572.
The Takeda army goes south near Tokugawa's stronghold and Hamamatsu castle.
However, the course is suddenly turned to the west and it climbs Mikagtagahara.
The Takeda army passed near the Hamamatsu castle like provoking Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Ieyasu was perplexed to this action of the Takeda army.
Tokugawa armies are 11,000, additionally armies as for reinforcements from Oda Nobunaga . Because the forces difference was great, it besieged it to the Hamamatsu castle.

The Takeda army was the forces three times the Tokugawa army.
Then, the Takeda army was waiting in this side of the slope when the Takeda army descended this slope though it was Tokugawa army that foresaw and pursued it.
The Tokugawa army entered the state wiled from the castle.

There was no winning chance in the forces and the Tokugawa army with an inferior both strategy sides for the Takeda army.
The Tokugawa army retreats because of the combat of only two hours.
They were only 200 casualties of the Takeda army.
However, the Tokugawa army lost 2,000 casualties and powerful vassal.

It is a fight to which he only suffers a crushing defeat though Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes the whole country after 30 years these fights.

After it suffers a crushing defeat, he want seem to draw his appearance after it defeats it in the picture and to assume the lesson.
This picture remains now.

[The battle of Mikatagahara]
Strength: Takeda force 27,000 vs Tokugawa and Oda allied force 11,000

However, Takeda Shingen who kept marching deteriorates the sickness, and turns back in Shinano.
And, it died on the way of the homecoming to Kai(Yamanashi). (visit link)

Tokugawa Ieyasu will fight against the Takeda family again in three years.
Takeda Katsuyori(Takeda Shingen's son) and the Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu allied army fought in Nagashino. (visit link)
The Takeda family was this time suffered a crushing defeat. The Takeda family is ruined starting with this defeat.

Cache is a cylindrical plastic container.

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キャッシュは、三方ヶ原の戦いのキーポイントになった、祝田坂にあります。

国道257号線にも祝田坂がありますが、これは後年にできたもので、キャッシュポイントにある坂が当時のものです。
三方ヶ原の戦いは、武田信玄の三河（愛知東部）侵攻の中で、当時三河を統治していた徳川家康と武田信玄で戦われました。

1572年、武田信玄は27,000人もの大軍を率いて信濃から三河へ侵攻を始めました。
武田軍は徳川家康の本拠地、浜松城の北4キロの付近まで南下してきますが、突然進路を西へ向けて三方ヶ原へと登って行ってしまいます。
武田軍は家康を挑発するかのように浜松城のそばを通り過ぎていきました。

一方、武田軍のこの行動に困惑したのは家康でした。
徳川軍は織田信長からの援軍をあわせても11,000人。普通に戦えば勝ち目がない兵力差なので浜松城に篭城していました。

兵力差が3倍ある中で、武田軍がこの坂を下るところ見越して追撃した徳川軍でしたが、武田軍は坂の手前で待ち構えていました。
徳川軍は城からおびき出された状態となりました。

武田軍に対し兵力・戦術面ともに劣る徳川軍に勝ち目はなく、わずか2時間の戦闘で甚大な被害を受けた徳川軍は敗走します。
武田軍の死傷者わずか200人に対し、徳川軍は2,000人の死傷者と有力な家臣を失いました。

30年後に天下を掌握をする徳川家康の、唯一大敗した戦いです。
大敗をした後、有名な顰像を描かせて教訓としたそうです。

三方ヶ原の戦い
武田軍27,000人 vs 徳川・織田連合軍11,000人

しかし、進軍を続けた武田信玄は病が悪化し、信濃に引き返してしまいます。
そして甲斐への帰国の途中に亡くなりました。 (visit link)
3年後、武田家の跡を継いだ武田勝頼と再び長篠で戦った徳川家康は、今度は武田家を大敗させました。 (visit link)
これをきっかけに武田家は滅亡していきます。

キャッシュは円筒形のプラスチックコンテナです。

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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