He is supposed to have been pierced with a bamboo spear by a farmer (Ogurisu no Chobei) and died (in Ogurisu, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City) at midnight on the same day while escaping and making for Sakamoto (3-day conquest).
同日深夜、坂本を目指して落ち延びる途上の小栗栖（おぐりす、京都市伏見区）にて、落ち武者狩りの土民（小栗栖の長兵衛）に竹槍で刺し殺されたとされる（三日天下）。