"Uji Shui Monogatri" (a collection of the Tales from Uji) records that he died on the second day of the banquet ceremony held in celebration of his appointment to Konoe Daisho (Major Captain of the Palace Guards), but other historical materials including "Kugyoubunin" (directory of court nobles) and the like do not mention his appointment to Konoe Daisho.
なお、『宇治拾遺物語』には、近衛大将任官の饗宴の2日前に歿したとあるが、『公卿補任』等の史料には、近衛大将任官の記載はない。