At about the same time, Yoshisada NITTA, vassal of Kozuke Province, also gathered an army, and destroyed the shogunate, taking Takauji's heir Senjuo (later called Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA), who had escaped from Kamakura, with him.
同時期に上野国の御家人である新田義貞も挙兵しており、高氏の嫡子で鎌倉から脱出した千寿王（後の足利義詮）を奉じて鎌倉へ進軍し、幕府を滅亡させた。