Yoshitsune left Kyoto to run to FUJIWARA no Hidehira in Hiraizumi in Oshu, but he was killed by FUJIWARA no Yasuhira who inherited the leading position of the family after the death of Hidehira in 1189.
京を落ちて奥州平泉の藤原秀衡のもとへ逃れるが、文治5年（1189年）秀衡の死後に跡を継いだ藤原泰衡に殺された。