In the beginning of March, after visiting Munakata Taisha, Takauji defeated Taketoshi KIKUCHI (Emperor Go-Daigo's side) at the Battle of Tatarahama (present Fukuoka City), and on his way up to Kyoto, he got Emperor Kogon's order and immediately gathered western warriors.
宗像大社参拝後の3月初旬、筑前多々良浜（福岡市東区(福岡市)）での多々良浜の戦いにおいて後醍醐天皇方の菊池武敏を破り勢力を立て直した尊氏は、京に上る途中で光厳上皇の院宣を獲得し、西国の武士を急速に傘下に集めて再び東上した。