Three years later, Sanekata was in Mutsu riding his horse past the guardian deity of Kasashima when the horse suddenly collapsed, crushing him underneath and killing him (his grave is located in Medeshima in the city of Natori).
3年後、実方がその地で馬に乗り笠島道祖神前を通った時、馬が突然倒れ、下敷きになって没した（名取市愛島（めでしま）に墓がある）。