Kyoto by then was aware that Takauji had assumed wide powers without imperial permission, for example nominating an Uesugi clan member to the post of Constable of Kōzuke, Nitta Yoshisada's native province.[1] By late 1335 several thousand of the emperor's men were ready to go to Kamakura, while a great army at the command of Kō no Moroyasu was rushing there to help it resist the attack.[2] On November 17, 1335, Tadayoshi issued a message in his brother's name asking all samurai to join the Ashikaga and destroy Nitta Yoshisada.[2] The Court, meanwhile, had done the opposite, ordering samurai from all provinces to join Yoshisada and destroy the two Ashikaga.[2] The war started with most samurai convinced that Takauji was the man they needed to have their grievances redressed, and most peasants were persuaded that they had been better off under the shogunate.[2] The campaign was therefore enormously successful for the Ashikaga, with huge numbers of samurai rushing to join the two brothers.[2] By February 23 of the following year Nitta Yoshisada and the Emperor had lost, and Kyoto itself had fallen.[2] On February 25, 1336, Ashikaga Takauji entered the capital and the Kenmu Restoration ended.[2]