Meanwhile, according to Yoshisada NASU, Yoichi was pardoned and returned to Nasu after Yoritomo's death, became a priest in order to enter the Jodo-shu sect and died from paralysis in 1232 in Settsu Province, after a journey of about 30 years mourning those who had died in the Battle of Gempei-Kassen.
また、那須義定によると頼朝の死後に赦免されて那須に戻った後に出家して浄土宗に帰依し、源平合戦の死者を弔う旅を30年余り続けた後、貞永元年（1232年）に中風のため摂津国で没したという。