Just before they killed themselves, Yoshiaki recommended that the Prince escape from there, but he refused to do so and said he could not leave his samurai to die, for himself to survive.
自害の寸前、義顕は尊良親王に落ち延びることを勧めたが、尊良親王は同胞たちを見捨てて逃げることはできないと述べて拒絶したという。