HIRAMA returned to his home village of Serizawa-mura but disappeared after telling the whole story to the SERIZAWA family, though he returned again after the Meiji Restoration and died aged 51 in 1874.
平間は郷里に帰って、芹沢家で顛末を伝えると、その後いったん消息不明となるが、明治維新後は地元の芹澤村に戻り、明治7年(1874年)に51歳で死去した。