In a book named 'Jizo Reigenki,' it was written that he 'became a beggar at the gate of To-ji Temple as he ran out of a means of livelihood, ending up dying from hunger.'
「地蔵霊験記」と言う書物には「術つきて東寺門にて乞食しけるが、終いには餓死したりけり」などと書かれる。