On November 26, 2 B.C., he was buried in Musanotsukisaka, and advisers who were close to him were buried alive around his grave (junshi; suicide or killing to follow the master to the grave), but those that followed him to the grave did not die for many days and groaned night and day; when they died, dogs and birds picked on their rotten flesh.
翌月2日、身狭桃花鳥坂（むさのつきさか）に葬られ、墓のまわりに生前の側近を生き埋めにしたが（殉死）、殉死者は数日間も死なずに昼夜呻き続け、死後は犬や鳥が腐肉を漁ったという。