On the day of SAIONJI's state funeral, at Ritsumeikan University, the people commemorated SAIONJI, by displaying the flag of the Saionji family, which was dyed with the family emblem 'Left Tomoe' (a pattern of one ore more curled tadpole shapes inside a circle), at half-staff at the school gate of Hirokoji Campus, while the music was performed by drum and fife band of the Imperial guards, all while ringing the bells of the ship, Sakura maru, which was used to close the Port Arthur, that was donated by SAIONJI.
西園寺の国葬当日、立命館大学では西園寺から使用を許可されていた西園寺家・家紋「左巴」を染めた旗を半旗として広小路学舎校門に掲げ、禁衛隊の鼓笛隊演奏、西園寺から寄贈された旅順港閉鎖船・佐倉丸の鐘を鳴らし西園寺を偲んだ。