He died at the age of 61; incidentally, "Mido Kanpakuki" (Diary of FUJIWARA no Michinaga) and "Shoyuki" (Diary of FUJIWARA no Sanesuke) says that Korenaka was cremated in Dazai-fu and that his ashes were brought back from there to Kyoto by his brother Narimasa.
享年61（この後、荼毘に付された惟仲の遺骨を弟の生昌が大宰府から都に持ち帰った事が、『御堂関白記』や『小右記』に記されている）。