After Yoshitsune was defeated, Usumidori (or Hizamaru) was handed over to his older brother MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, by which ironically the two swords Hizamaru and Higekiri (made by the same person) got together again.
義経が討たれた後、薄緑（膝丸）はその兄、源頼朝のもとに渡り、皮肉にもそこでかつての兄弟刀がひとつの場所に戻ったのである。