Battle of Kumegawa
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.
| Battle of Kumegawa | |||||||
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| 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. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Forces loyal to the Kamakura Shogunate | Forces loyal to the Emperor Go-Daigo | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sakurada Sadakuni | Nitta Yoshisada | ||||||
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