Battle of Kotesashi (1333)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Kotesashi
partof=the Kamakura period
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caption=Battle of Kotesashi monument
date=May 11, 1333
place=Kotesashi, present-day Tokorozawa
territory=
result=Victory for the Imperial Forces
combatant1=Forces loyal to the Kamakura Shogunate
combatant2=Forces loyal to the Emperor Go-Daigo
commander1=Unknown
commander2=Nitta Yoshisada
strength1=
strength2=
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The nihongo|Battle of Kotesashi|小手指の戦い|Kotesashi 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 Tokorozawa on May 11, 1333, it pitted the anti-shogunate imperial forces led by Nitta Yoshisada against the forces of the Hojo Shogun. It was immediately followed on the next day by the Battle of Kumegawa. The result of these two days was a victory for the imperial forces who in less than one week marched 50 kilometers south and finally defeated the Shogun's forces during the Siege of Kamakura. [McCullough, Helen Craig (1959): pp. 274-285.]

References

* McCullough, Helen Craig (1959). "The Taiheiki. A Chronicle of Medieval Japan." 1959. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo, ISBN 9789804835381.

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