Although Atsumori, on having finally found his enemy tries to take revenge on Naozane, he learns that Naozane has become a priest and as Rensho was dedicated to reading sutra and was no longer his enemy; the ghost of Atsumori disappears, leaving words that he and Rensho both be born as lotus ('ren' in Rensho's name means lotus) in Gokuraku Jodo (the Amida Pure Land).
そしてやっと敵である直実に巡り会えたと仇を討とうとするが、すでに出家して蓮生となって弔いにつとめる直実はもはや敵ではないと悟り、極楽浄土では共に同じ蓮に生まれる身になろうと言い残して敦盛の霊は姿を消す。