When the Taira clan perished in the Battle of Dannoura, he was captured by his enemies along with his father and brothers and was left in the custody of Shigefusa KAWAGOE, to be executed by sword at Rokujogawara in Kyoto.
壇ノ浦の合戦で一門が滅亡すると、父・兄とともに捕らえられて河越重房の元に預けられ、京都の六条河原にて斬られた。