He was executed at Rokujo-gawara (Rokujo Riverbed) (the execution place along the Kamo-gawa River in Kyoto) due to the discovery of treason by Kinmune SAIONJI in 1334.
建武元年（1334年）の西園寺公宗の陰謀露見に際して、六条河原で処刑される。