While he blames Yoshitomo for seeing his father die without any attempt to save him, he is afraid that his son will be blamed by everyone for killing his father, and finally he is killed while chanting Namu-amidabutsu, a (single) sincere call upon the name of Amida, worrying about the future of his young son.
父を見殺しにする義朝を恨み、いっぽうでは彼が父殺しとして世間から非難されることを恐れ、またおさない息子たちの行く末を心配しつつ、最後には南無阿弥陀仏を唱えながら静かに首を打たれる。