Many of his family including his son, Hidetsuna ANEGAKOJI, killed themselves, but Yoritsuna survived, was confined in Kyoto, and died there in 1587.
子の姉小路秀綱など一族の多くは自害したが、頼綱は助命されて京都に幽閉され、天正15年（1587年）に同地で没した。