kamakurawas

Updated: May 23, 2025

Kamakurawas well-nigh reduced to ruins, but Shigeuji retired to the fortress of Koga in Shimosa, and his cause against the Uesugi was espoused by the eight families of Chiba, Koyama, Satomi, Satake, Oda, Yuki, Utsunomiya, and Nasu, thenceforth known as the "eight generals" of the Kwanto. Against such a league it was difficult to operate successfully.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era