While at the Rikugun Daigakko (Army War College), he had the honor of dining with Emperor Meiji, but he declined the invitation on the grounds that he had diarrhea, for which he was reprimanded by Prince Yoshihito, the Crown Prince (who was later to become Emperor Taisho).
陸軍大学校在学中に明治天皇に陪食を命じられたが、下痢を理由にこれを断り、皇太子嘉仁親王（のちの大正天皇）に叱責された。