To show his personality, there remains an anecdote, in which he is said to have threw the Emperor Meiji onto the ground without mercy, when the Emperor casually challenged him to Sumo.
それを証明するかの様に、面白半分に相撲の相手を挑んできた明治天皇を容赦なく投げ飛ばし叩き付けたと云う逸話が残っている。