In Kyushu, the fight continued between the Kikuchi clan, who had been defeated by the Ashikaga army in the battle of Tatarahama, as well as other Southern Court forces against the armies of Yoshinaga NIKKI and Noriuji ISHIKI, whom Takauji had left in charge in Kyushu.
九州地方では、多々良浜の戦いで足利方に敗れた菊池氏などの南朝勢力と、尊氏が残した一色範氏や仁木義長などの勢力が争いを続けていた。