You're a Samurai's Servant. Today Is Battle Day.

You are carrying your master's spear. And tonight, it is heavier than it should be, because it is wet. A second-person journey through the night march and the morning of the Battle of Sekigahara (21 October 1600), seen from the side of the men who carried the loads. Not one servant left an account of that day, so the film uses commanders' letters, later records and modern research, and says "we don't know" every time the sources are silent. The servant is a composite, not a real person. SOURCES US National Park Service: "Battle of Sekigahara" and "Sekigahara Campaign" articles (Gettysburg-Sekigahara partnership). Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield official site (timeline, battlefield guide). Japan Tourism Agency language database: "Chugen" and "Zohyo Monogatari" entries. Osprey Publishing blog (2019), "The Battle of Sekigahara: what went right", citing Shiramine Jun. Samurai History & Culture (Substack): articles on the date of the battle, the battlefield and the Zohyo Monogatari. Zohyo Monogatari (17th-century manual for foot soldiers; used only as later colour). Illustrations and narration are AI-generated, made for Mortal Days from our own script. Clothes, armour, banners and buildings are an informed reconstruction, not a record. Tell us who we should spend a day with next, in the comments. #history #samurai #sekigahara