He stayed at Chionin Temple to recuperate from the above incident because he had been seriously wounded by gunfire, but eventually he committed suicide in the same year when he came to know that Mitsuhide was defeated and killed by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI during the Battle of Yamazaki.
その際に鉄砲で撃たれ重傷を負い知恩院で療養していたが、同年山崎の戦いで、光秀が豊臣秀吉に敗れ討ち死にした事を知ると、自害して果てた。