At the end of the war in 1945, when the ROC government took control of Taiwan, his wife chose to throw herself into the reservoir spillway rather than to be forced to leave. People would later build a tomb for them both at the reservoir. It marks a tragically moving story.
1945 年日本戰敗，國民政府來台接收，其妻外代樹不願被強制遣返日本，竟選擇在烏山頭水庫放水口跳水自盡，後人遂將夫妻倆骨灰合葬，留下一段淒美故事。