It is said that during this period, Michitoshi, with an approval of the military, entombed with courtesy the dead body of his enemy, General Takamori SAIGO, at Kagoshima Jokomyo-ji Temple.
通俊はこの時、敵将である西郷隆盛の遺体を軍部の了解を得て鹿児島浄光明寺に丁重に葬ったという。