Battle of Kumegawa

Battle of Kumegawa
Part of the Kamakura period
Site of Kumegawa Battlefield (2008) which is now a suburb of Tokyo. Nitta Yoshisada had this vantage point during the battle some 675 years prior.
Date May 12, 1333 Location Kumegawa, present-day Higashimurayama, Tokyo Japan 35°46′23.15″N 139°28′03″E / 35.7730972°N 139.46750°E / 35.7730972; 139.46750 Result Victory for the Imperial Forces
Belligerents
Forces loyal to the Kamakura Shogunate	Forces loyal to the Emperor Go-Daigo
Commanders and leaders
Sakurada Sadakuni[1]	Nitta Yoshisada

The Battle of Kumegawa (久米川の戦い, Kumegawa no tatakai) was part of the decisive Kōzuke-Musashi Campaign during the Genkō War in Japan that ultimately ended the Kamakura Shogunate. Fought in present-day Higashimurayama, Tokyo at the foot of the Hachikokuyama ridge on May 12, 1333, it pitted the anti-shogunate imperial forces led by Nitta Yoshisada against the forces of the pro-Shogunate Hōjō Regency led by Sakurada Sadakuni. The battle was an immediate follow on from the previous day's nearby Battle of Kotesashi.