With support from Ujinori MUNAKATA, based in Munakata, Chikuzen Province (the present-day area around Munakata City in Fukuoka Prefecture), the Ashikaga side prayed for victory at the Munakata-taisha Shrine, and with only 2,000 cavalry, fought the Imperial forces led by the Kikuchi clan who set up camp in Tatarahama, Chikuzen Province (Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City).
足利勢は、筑前国宗像（現在の福岡県宗像市周辺）を本拠とする宗像氏範らの支援を受けて宗像大社に戦勝を祈願し、筑前国の多々良浜（福岡市東区(福岡市)）に布陣した菊池氏率いる宮方と戦うが、足利軍は約2千騎に過ぎなかった。