It has been chronicled that 50,000 people including the governor of Kyoto Prefecture attended his funeral held in Kyoto City and over 200,000 citizens crowded the roadsides to watch the funeral procession.
京都市内で行われた葬儀は京都府知事をはじめ参列者5万人、葬列の沿道は20万人にも及ぶ市民で埋め尽くされたと当時の記録に残されている。