Then, he pleaded with Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, through Naomasa II and Shigekatsu MAEDA, for his life, which was refused, and he committed suicide with his sword at Kasen-an of Jodo-ji Temple (currently Jusenin Temple) below Kameyama-jo Castle (Tanba Province).
そして井伊直政や前田茂勝を通じて徳川家康に助命を請うが拒絶され、亀山城(丹波国)下の浄土寺嘉仙庵（現・寿仙院）において自刃した。