When registering his name after the Meiji Restoration, he intended to orally register his name as "Ryudo", but the officer misheard it as "Judo" due to his accent and his official name became "Judo."
名は維新後に太政官に名を登録する際、「隆道」をリュウドウと呼んで口頭で登録しようとしたところ、訛っていたため役人に「ジュウドウ」と聞き取られ、「従道」となってしまった。