HIGUCHI said in tears, 'Those of you who heard this, who missed him as a lord, immediately go and settle in somewhere and pray for him to rest in peace by taking whatever hard Buddhist training you can. I will go to Kyoto and die in battle to meet my lord in the heaven, seeing my lord is my wish,' and then he went to Kyoto.
樋口は涙を流し、「これを聞きたまえ方々、主君に志を思い参らす人々は、これより早くいづこへも落ち行き、いかような仏道修行をもして、主君の菩提を弔いたまえ。兼光は都へ上り討ち死にし、冥途でも主君に面謁し、今井をももう一度みたいと思うためである」と述べて都へ上った。