Imperial Prince Takehito was born weak, he had to take time off for rest while he was a Captain, after Prince Tanehito died, his health got worse as he was shocked by the Prince's death, he rested in Arisugawa no Miya family's villa in Maiko located presently in Tarumi Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture from 1909 to his death, leaving his family behind in Tokyo.
威仁親王は生来体が弱く、艦長時代も度々休職して静養するなどしていたが、栽仁王の薨去後はそのショックもあって体調が悪化し、明治42年（1909年）から薨去に至るまで、現在の兵庫県神戸市垂水区にあった有栖川宮家の舞子別邸で家族を東京に残して静養を行った。