A story says that his father, mother, wife and son came to see him, and Motoni NOMURA, Aritomo YAMAGATA and Kensuke TANAKA also witnessed his death, although its details are unclear, as Tanaka's diary says that he was in Kyoto on that day.
臨終には、父・母・妻と倅がかけつけ、野村望東尼と山縣有朋、田中顕助が立ち会ったとされるが、田中の残した日記によれば、彼はその日京におり、詳細は定かではない。