He contemplated fleeing to Tajima Province and although he was fighting a lost cause he received shelter at Nakayama-jo Castle (Nakayama, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture); however, Kobee NAKAYAMA, the lord of the castle, had already betrayed him to the Hosokawa side and, having no place to go, Yoshimichi committed suicide.
但馬国に逃亡を企てて、起死回生を果たすべく中山城（京都府舞鶴市中山）に身を寄せたが、城主の中山幸兵衛は既に細川方に内応しており、行き場を失った義道は自害した。