The Japanese bureaucrat at the time was moved by the chef's loyalty to king and country, and kept it upon his return to Japan.
Sunjong died on 24 April 1926 in Changdeokgung and is buried with his two wives at the imperial tomb of Yureung (유릉, 裕陵) in the city of Namyangju.
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