Subsequent to receiving the award, the winners often gain the nomination for enrollment to the Academy's membership but, in the case of one of the winners, nearly 10 years went by before the nomination was received while in the case of the other winner, the nomination finally came after that person had passed away and, still, for some of them, it never came.
受賞者の多くは、続けて日本芸術院会員に推されるが、中には推されるまで十年近くかかる人、推される前に亡くなる人、遂に推されずに終わる人などもいる。