His son, Taira no Koremori, became a monk in 1184 during Genpei War period, and drowned himself.
Shigemori was caught between his father Kiyomori and Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa, and suffered mentally.
[1] Taira no Shigemori appeared in The Tale of the Heike, one of the traditional classics in medieval Japan.
Only a few days after the incident, he fell ill and died at the age of 42, possible due from poisonous smoke that came from the tornado.
Miao Dian received the gold, crossed the ocean, and took it to the land of the Song dynasty.