On June 20, 1184, he tried to resist his enemies at Mt. Hatori in Ise Province (the present-day Ueno City, Mie Prefecture) but ended up being beheaded after a battle against the retainers of Morimichi HATANO, Saneharu OI, Tsunetoshi YAMANOUCHISUDO and Koreyoshi OUCHI ("Azuma Kagami").
同年5月4日、伊勢国羽取山（三重県上野市）に拠って抵抗を試みるが、波多野盛通、大井実春、山内首藤経俊と大内惟義の家人らと合戦の末、斬首された（『吾妻鏡』）。