Furthermore, on the following day, January 16, he was given the medal of merit 功二級 Golden Pheasant, as the medal was supposed to have been given before he died, the official announcement of the date of his death was the 24th, which was the day his body arrived in Tokyo.
さらに翌16日には功二級金鵄勲章が授与されたが、これを生前に授与されたことにする等の事情により、公式発表における薨去の日付は、実際には遺体が東京に帰着した日である24日と発表された。