While members of the family, such as the little Emperor Antoku, TAIRA no Tokiko and TAIRA no Tokuko threw themselves into the swift flow of Danno-ura strait one after another, Munemori, the leader of the family, also tried to drown himself, but while he was swimming about, he was taken up with his son, TAIRA no Kiyomune (There is speculation that it was a voluntary surrender).
幼い安徳天皇、平時子、平徳子ら一門の者達が次々と壇ノ浦の急流に身を投げる中、棟梁である宗盛も入水するが、死にきれずに泳ぎ回っていたところを、息子の平清宗とともに引き上げられる（自発的な降伏という説もあり）。