In 1868, his maternal grand-uncle Takafusa SUZUKI died at the age of 75, and Takafusa's adopted son Morifusa also died in the battle of the Boshin War at the age of 27.
明治元年、母方の大叔父鈴木翔房（たかふさ）が七五歳で没し、その養子衞房（もりふさ）も戊申の役に加わり、27歳で戦死した。