The Battle of Kotesashi was part of the decisive campaign in Japan that ultimately ended the Kamakura Shogunate. Fought in present day Tokorozawa on May 11, 1333, it pitted the anti-shogunate imperial forces led by Nitta Yoshisada against the forces of the Hojo Shogun. It was immediately followed on the next day by the Battle of Kumegawa. The result of these two days was a victory for the imperial forces who in less than one week marched 50 kilometers south and finally defeated the Shogun's forces during the Siege of Kamakura.
