According to "Ningen Rinju Zukan" (Illustrated Volume of People's Last Moments of Life) written by Futaro YAMADA, Sanyo did not leave his workplace until the last moment of death, letting go of a writing brush from his hand only a few minutes before he died and wearing glasses on his face at the deathbed.
山田風太郎著『人間臨終図鑑』によれば山陽は最後まで仕事場を離れず、手から筆を離したのは実に息を引き取る数分前であり死顔には眼鏡がかかったままであったという。