Battle of Bubaigawara

Battle of Bubaigawara
Part of the Kamakura period
Monument marking the site of the Battle of Bubaigawara
Date May 15–16, 1333 Location Bubaigawara, in present-day Fuchū, Tokyo 35°40′06″N 139°28′07″E / 35.66833°N 139.46861°E / 35.66833; 139.46861 Result Victory for the imperial forces
Belligerents
Forces loyal to the Kamakura Shogunate	Forces loyal to the Emperor Go-Daigo
Commanders and leaders
Hōjō Yasuie Hōjō Sadakuni	Nitta Yoshisada
Strength
207,000	100,000

The Battle of Bubaigawara (分倍河原の戦い, Bubaigawara no tatakai) was part of the decisive Kōzuke-Musashi Campaign during the Genkō War in Japan that ultimately ended the Kamakura Shogunate. It was fought on the banks of the Tama River in central Musashi province in what is now part of the city of Fuchū, Tokyo on May 15 and 16, 1333, it pitted the anti-shogunate imperial forces led by Nitta Yoshisada against the forces of the Hōjō-led Kamakura shogunate. It was the final major battle in Kōzuke-Musashi Campaign and was preceded by the Battle of Kumegawa.