Eventually, however, they were closed in by Tokugawa's army, which was more numerous, and finally he was attacked at Yasui-jinja Shrine near Shitenno-ji Temple (Tennoji Ward, Osaka City) when he was taking care of injured warriors and gave up his head to Nizaemon NISHIO, who belonged to the matchlock infantry of Echizen Matsudaira's army.
しかし、最終的には数で勝る徳川軍に追い詰められ、ついに四天王寺近くの安居神社（大阪市天王寺区）の境内で、味方の傷ついた兵士を看病していたところを襲われ、越前松平勢鉄砲組の西尾仁左衛門にその首を授けた。