他在1959年突然死亡,當時他仍然負責春日野部屋的運作。他的養子栃錦清隆後接手春日野部屋的運作。 人物「明治時代以降」栃木山守也 (in Japanese). TochigiPrefecture. Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
from the fissure deposits of the Kuzuu Limestone, Yamasuge,Sano-shi,TochigiPrefecture,Japan (pdf). Bull.Gunma Mus.Natu.Hist. (Gunma Museum of Natural History