As the success of Masashige and others increased opportunities to overthrow the Shogunate in various regions in 1333, warriors including Takauji ASHIKAGA, Yoshisada NITTA, and Enshin AKAMATSU raised an army to defeat the Kamakura bakufu (Genko War).
元弘3年/正慶2年（1333年）、正成らの活躍に触発されて各地に倒幕の機運が広がり、足利尊氏や新田義貞、赤松円心らが挙兵して鎌倉幕府は滅びた（元弘の乱）。