Kenmu no Shinsei (the new government of Emperor Godaigo and the new policies) was started by Emperor Godaigo after the fall of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), but later, Takatsune followed Takauji when Takauji seceded from the Kenmu government, and Takatsune took part in various battles in various places as a powerful military commander of samurai warriors since then.
鎌倉幕府滅亡後に後醍醐天皇による建武の新政が行われ、後に尊氏らが建武政権から離反するとこれにも従って、以後武家方の有力武将として各地を転戦する。