Genkō War

Genkō War
	Part of the 14th century Imperial-Shogunal conflicts
	; A statue of Kusunoki Masashige outside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
Date	1331–1333
Location	Japan
Result	Imperial victory Fall of the Kamakura Shogunate; Kenmu Restoration;
Belligerents
Imperial forces loyal to; Emperor Go-Daigo	Kamakura Shogunate
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Go-Daigo; Prince Moriyoshi; Ashikaga Takauji; Nitta Yoshisada; Kusunoki Masashige;	Hōjō Mototoki †; Hōjō Takatoki †; Hōjō Sadaaki †; Hōjō Moritoki †;

The Genkō War (元弘の乱, Genkō no Ran), also known as the Genkō Incident (元弘の變, Genkō no Hen), was a civil war fought in Japan between the Emperor Go-Daigo and the Kamakura Shogunate from 1331 to 1333. The Genkō War was named after Genkō, the Japanese era corresponding to the period of 1331 to 1334 when the war occurred.

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