Nitta forces further advanced on Kamakura kaido, crossing the Iruma River (Saitama Prefecture) and clashed with the forces of bakufu commanded by Sadakuni SAKURADA and Sadamasa KANAZAWA at Kotesashigahara (Kotesashi-cho, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture) (Battle at Kotesashigahara). |
さらに新田軍は鎌倉街道を進み、入間川 (埼玉県)を渡り小手指原(埼玉県所沢市小手指町付近)に達し、桜田貞国・金沢貞将率いる幕府軍と衝突する(小手指原の戦い)。 |