However, he was killed with Sanetomo by Kugyo who was Sanetomo's nephew at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine on the day of Sanetomo's inaugural celebration of udaijin (minister of the right).
だが、実朝の右大臣就任の祝賀の拝賀の日、鶴岡八幡宮において実朝の甥の公暁によって実朝とともに殺害された。