The rumor that Koremori committed suicide by drowning himself spread to Kyo and reached Kenreimonin Ukyo no daibu (the administrator of eastern Kyoto), who had been on friendly terms with him, felt saddened, and made the waka poems of condolence: 'His beautiful look, which was likened to cherry blossoms in spring, vainly ended up dead under the sea' and 'What a sad thing that he had such a bitter experience of downing himself in Kumano inlet.'
維盛入水の噂は都にも届き、親交のあった建礼門院右京大夫はその死を悼み、「春の花色によそへし面影のむなしき波のしたにくちぬる」「悲しくもかゝるうきめをみ熊野の浦わの波に身を沈めける」と詠んでいる。