Nobunaga had the body of Zenjubo buried alive up to his head and ordered his head to be cut off with a blunt bamboo saw to inflict upon him great pain for a long duration, to torture him to death.
信長は善住坊の首から下を土に生き埋めにし、切れ味の極度に悪い竹製の鋸（のこぎり）で首をひかせ、長期間激痛を与え続ける拷問を科し、なぶり殺しにした。