Emperor Godaigo escaped to Ei-zan Mountain and continued to rebel, but Emperor Koyo ascended the throne in August and started the Northern Court, and Takauji, who retrieved the Three Sacred Treasures from Emperor Godaigo who returned Kyoto in November, established a samurai government (later the Muromachi bakufu) in Kyoto.
後醍醐天皇は叡山に逃れて抵抗するが、8月には光明天皇を践祚して北朝が成立し、11月に帰京した後醍醐天皇から三種の神器を接収した尊氏は京都に武家政権（のちの室町幕府）を成立させる。