ABSTRACT
Emperor Godaigo's Kemmu Restoration in 1333 was an anachronistic venture. He was able to destroy the power of the already weakened Höjö family in Kamakura only because a significant number of the warrior class supported him for reasons of their own. To the warriors, the Restoration provided opportunities for redistribution of feudal privileges and for aggrandizement of their domanial holdings. Thus when the issue of rewards was ineptly handled, there was a sizable defection.
