On the other hand, the funeral service of Shigenobu OKUMA, which was held around the same time, was attended by famous people from a variety of fields, and the venue was crowded with the general attendants although his was not a state funeral (it was a 'national funeral' instead), even though Okuma was also a former Prime Minister and a genkun of the Imperial Restoration just as Yamagata had been.
これに対し、ほぼ同時期に行われた大隈重信の葬儀は、同じ首相経験者であり維新の元勲であったのにもかかわらず国葬にならなかったものの（「国民葬」とされた）、各界の著名人が出席し、一般参列者によってごった返すなどあまりに対照的だった。