At the time of his funeral in 1923, his son, Takema, was blamed by the police because he carried the dead body of his strict father to the cemetery only covered with mushiro on straws.
大正12年（1923年）の葬式では、子の武馬は厳父の遺体を藁に筵をかぶせたのみの状態で墓所まで運び、警察からお咎めを受けた。