Subsequently, he escaped to Mt. Kurama but was captured by Yoshitsune's soldiers and on November 26, he was decapitated at the Rokujo-gawara riverbed and his head was kept on public display.
その後、鞍馬山に逃走したが義経の手勢によって捕縛され、同年10月26日に六条河原にて斬首のうえ、晒し首とされたのである。