During the Chusendai War that occurred in 1335, in which the remnants of Hojo clan in Shinano Province occupied Kamakura, exalting Takatoki's son Tokiyuki HOJO as their head, Takauji ASHIKAGA went to Kamakura in order to suppress them without obtaining the Emperor Godaigo's approval.
建武(日本)2年（1335年）に信濃国で北条氏残党が高時の遺児・北条時行を擁立し、鎌倉を占領する中先代の乱が起きると、足利尊氏は後醍醐天皇の勅状を得ないまま討伐に向かう。