Using the demise of Emperor Taisho and the imperial funeral as pretext, Chichibunomiya Imperial Prince Yasuhito, who was a student in London at the time, went to Paris and persuaded him to return to Japan.
結局、大正天皇の崩御と大葬を契機に、おりからロンドンに留学中だった秩父宮雍仁親王がパリに乗り込んで直談判し、ようやく帰国させた。