When Kojuro NAKAGAWA consulted Saionji about the use of the name 'Ritsumeikan,' he was overjoyed at the reuse of the name and the spirit of "Ritsumeikan" (reconstruction of Ritsumeikan) and he gave him a large decorative frame of "Ritsumeikan and its history."
中川小十朗が「立命館」の名称を用いる事を西園寺に申し出た際には『立命館』の名称と精神の継承（立命館の再興）を大層喜び『立命館と由緒』の大扁額を与えた。