Takauji requested that Emperor Go-Daigo appoint him Seii Taishogun only to be rejected, so he marched to Kamakura without emperor's permission on August 2nd of the same year, which made Emperor Go-Daigo reluctantly appoint him as Seito Taishogun.
尊氏は後醍醐天皇に征夷大将軍の官を望むが得られず、同年8月2日、勅状を得ないまま鎌倉へ進発し、後醍醐天皇はやむなく征東大将軍の号を与えた。