Toshiie MAEDA and some of Rikyu's top seven disciples, such as Shigeteru (Shigenari) FURUTA and Tadaoki HOSOKAWA, tried in vain to save his life, and Rikyu was called back to Kyoto to be sentenced to die (harakiri) at the residence of Juraku.
前田利家や、利休七哲のうち古田重然、細川忠興ら大名である弟子たちが奔走したが助命は適わず、京都に呼び戻された利休は聚楽屋敷内で切腹を命じられる。