He was accorded a state funeral, and since it was held in Kagoshima, not in Tokyo, new roads were built and troops of army were dispatched from the Kumamoto garrison only for his funeral.
国葬をもって送られたが、東京ではなく鹿児島での国葬となったため、葬儀のためだけに道路が整備され、熊本鎮台から陸軍が派遣された。