At the funeral of Emperor Meiji in 1912, there was some trouble over which military escort from the army or navy should carry the coffin from the palace in mourning to the funeral hall; a compromise was that the custom of the Yasedoji serving as carrier for Sokaren (palanquin on which the Emperor's coffin is placed) was revived.
大正元年（1912年）、明治天皇の葬送にあたり、喪宮から葬礼場まで棺を陸海軍いずれの儀仗兵によって担がせるかをめぐって紛糾し、その調停案として八瀬童子を葱華輦（天皇の棺を載せた輿）の輿丁とする慣習が復活した。