Although Yoshitomo begged for their lives, Yoshitomo himself ended up having to kill Yorinaka, his father, and his brothers in the Funaokayama district in Kita Ward, Kyoto City.
義朝によって助命嘆願されるも叶わず、義朝の手によって船岡山（京都市北区(京都市)）において、父や兄弟達とともに斬られた。