At the end of the Edo period there was an incident in which the head was displayed on the dry bed of the Kamo-gawa River, along with the wooden statues of Takauji and Yoshimitsu, by Sonno-Joi faction (Ashikaga Shogun Portrait Pillory Incident).
江戸時代末期に尊皇攘夷派により尊氏、義満の木像と合わせて三条河原に梟首される事件が起こる（足利三代木像梟首事件）。