Konomaru locked up the son of a Kamakura noble (MINAMOTO no Yoshihira) and also part of the watch (MINAMOTO no Noriyori), and is said to have tried to have no reliance placed on his infant younger brothers, accordingly, because Konomaru mourned the passing of Yoshitomo it is said he left the family and the story goes that he just walked away and lived the life of an ascetic in temples, wandering the high roads and low roads of various provinces.
金王丸は鎌倉御曹司（源義平）も兵衛佐様（源頼朝）も捕らわれてしまい、幼い弟君も頼りないことでしょうといい、よって、金王丸は義朝の後世を弔う為に出家すると申し述べてそのまま走り出ていったといい、どこかの寺にて修行して諸国七道を歩いたという。