At that time, KAGAWA was prepared to die and sent a bunch of his hair to his hometown, where 'Koinuma Iori Maihatsu-to' (monument tower for the burial of Iori KOINUMA's hair) remains today in Kamiisehata (Hitachiomiya City).
その際、死を覚悟した香川は郷里に髪を送り、現在も上伊勢畑には「鯉沼伊織埋髪塔」が現存する。