Tokuko/Tokushi/Noriko survived and was sent to Kyoto, she became a nun and lived all her life to pray and mourn the passing of Emperor Antoku and the TAIRA family in Ohara Jakko-in Temple.
徳子は生き残り京都へ送還され、尼になり、大原寂光院で安徳天皇と一門の菩提を弔って余生を終えた。