He was suspected of involvement with Nikyo Jiken (The Incidents triggered by two court nobles), then by further suspicion for the assassination of a Sangi (Councilor) Saneomi HIROSAWA, and he was beheaded on January 1872.
二卿事件への関与の疑いをかけられ、続いて参議広沢真臣暗殺の疑いをかけられ明治4年12月斬首。