According to the reminiscences by Mitsuru TOYAMA who visited Kagoshima in 1879, "in Saigo's house, there was a butler around the age of 70, called Seppo KAWAGUCHI who wrote calligraphy and poems well" (in fact Seppo was aged 62 at that time), and when Toyama asked first "I would like to see Mr. Nanshu," Seppo was appalled and yelled in anger "Don't you know Saigo died in Shiroyama?"
明治12年（1879年）に来鹿した頭山満の回想では、「西郷家には、当時七十歳ぐらいの川口雪篷という詩書をよくする老人が家令をつとめていた」（実際には、雪篷は当時62歳）とあり、頭山は、開口一番「南州翁に会いたい」と言ったが、雪篷は「西郷が城山で斃れたことも知らないのか」と呆れたように一喝した。