After having advanced to Fujisawa (Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture), Yoshisada split his troops into three and attacked Kamakura from the sides of Kewaizaka kiridoshi, Gokurakujizaka kiridoshi and Kobukurozaka kiridoshi.
藤沢（神奈川県藤沢市）まで兵を進めた義貞は、軍を化粧坂（けわいざか）切通し方面、極楽寺坂切通し方面と巨副呂坂切通し方面に分けて鎌倉を総攻撃。