Which 1333 siege destroyed Kamakura and ended the Kamakura shogunate?

The Siege of Kamakura in 1333 destroyed the shogunate’s capital and ended the Kamakura shogunate.

The attack formed part of Emperor Go-Daigo’s campaign to overthrow the Hōjō regents, who had dominated the Kamakura government for generations. Nitta Yoshisada led imperial loyalist forces toward Kamakura, the heavily defended city on the coast of eastern Japan.

According to traditional accounts, Nitta’s army entered through a coastal route after the tide receded, although historians debate details of the story. The city fell, and Hōjō Takatoki, the final Hōjō regent, died during the destruction of the Hōjō headquarters at Tōshō-ji.

The victory briefly restored direct imperial rule under the Kenmu Restoration. That arrangement soon collapsed, leading to conflict between Go-Daigo and Ashikaga Takauji and the establishment of the Muromachi shogunate.