Motonaga pursued him, however, and found Takakuni hiding in a pot in a dyer's shop, from which he was dragged out and forced to kill himself at Kotoku-ji Temple at the hour of the tiger (about 4 a.m.) in June 8, 1531.
元長の追跡は厳しく、紺屋の甕の中に隠れるが、発見されて甕の中から引きずり出され、6月8日の寅刻（午前4時）頃に尼崎の広徳寺で自害に追い込まれた。