The French military official who visited the army cavalry school praised Yoshifuru by claiming that "the sole purpose of Yoshifuru AKIYOSHI's life was to defeat the world strogest cavalry in Machuria;" thus, he came to be known as the father of the Japanese cavalry.
陸軍騎兵学校を参観に来たフランス軍人に「秋山好古の生涯の意味は、満州の野で世界最強の騎兵集団を破るというただ一点に尽きている」と賞されているとおり、日本騎兵の父と言われた。