However, Moronao was then executed with Moroyasu and their families by Yoshinori UESUGI, who ambushed them as they were being convoyed from Settsu to Kyo.
ところが、師直は摂津から京への護送中、待ち受けていた上杉能憲によって武庫川畔（現兵庫県伊丹市）において、師泰ら一族とともに処刑される。