There are many legends that include the suicide theory (she threw herself into the Himekawa River, Otobe Town, or into the sea off Yuigahama beach) or death away from home (although she followed Yoshitsune who fled northward, she was still young, alone, and could not stand the hardship of travelling and died; there are various theories about the place of her death).
自殺説（姫川（乙部町）への投身、由比ヶ浜への入水など）や旅先での客死説（逃亡した義経を追ったもののうら若き身ひとつでの移動の無理がたたったというもの。