Tokuko, who had jumped into the sea, was rescued and brought up again, and while the Eight-Span Mirror (Yata no kagami, one of the three Imperial Regalia); it was also known as the Naishidokoro (the Palace of the Inner Attendants, where it was kept) and the Grand Jewels (Yasakani no magatama, comma-shaped jewel) were recovered, Emperor Antoku, who had gone into the sea with Tokiko, perished, and the Sword (the Sword of the Heavenly Gathering of Clouds, the third of the Imperial Regalia) sank away into the sea (there is another theory which states that the Sword is still extant).
入水した建礼門院は助け上げられ、内侍所（八咫鏡）と神璽（八尺瓊勾玉）は回収されたが、二位ノ尼とともに入水した安徳天皇は崩御し、宝剣（天叢雲剣）も海に没した（別説あり、天叢雲剣現存説）。