In connection with the restoration, Ikutaro HOSOI traveled all over Shikoku, which had escaped war damage, in order to collect puppets and was granted Ojuhosho (Medal with a Yellow Ribbon for industriousness) by the Emperor Showa for his great contribution.
復興に関しては細井幾太郎が戦火を免れた四国を周り人形を収集、多大なる貢献をしたとして昭和天皇より黄綬褒章を下賜された。