However, on November 16, 1436, only three years after succeeding the reigns of the clan, he fell from an overpass together with his horse on the way back from the residence of Sanjo Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) and died on the following day, the 17th.
しかし、家督を継いでわずか3年後の永享8年（1436年）9月29日、三条中納言宅訪問の帰路、陸橋から馬もろとも転落し、翌30日に死去した。