The entry for April 17, 1181 in "Azuma Kagami" includes the description that, after his defeat, he went to Saikai (in western Japan) via the Sanin-do Road on the advice of Rokuro KIRYU, one of his retainers, but nothing about him after that is known.
その後は郎党・桐生六郎のすすめに従い、山陰道を経て西海へ赴いたと『吾妻鏡』養和元年閏2月25日（1181年4月10日）条にあるが、その後の消息は不明。