However, Yoshitsugu came to behave rudely and, in February of the following year, he was murdered by the Ikko Ikki force in collusion with local lords including Nagashige TOMITA.
しかし、吉継は粗暴な振る舞いが多くなり、翌年の1月に富田長繁ら国人領主と結んだ一向一揆によって殺された。