Emperor Antoku prayed to Amitabha with his little hands put together, but Ni-no Ama said to the Emperor to comfort him, 'There is a city under the waves,' then she jumped into the rapid stream of Dannoura while holding the Emperor against her body, thus ending Emperor Antoku's life at the youngest age among the successive emperors (referred to in "The Tale of the Heike" ('Sentei Minage')).
安徳天皇は小さな手を合わせて念仏を唱えると、二位尼は「波の下にも都がございます」と慰め、安徳天皇を抱いたまま壇ノ浦の急流に身を投じ、安徳天皇は歴代最年少の8歳で崩御した（『平家物語』「先帝身投」より）。