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He died of illness in [[1891]].

He died of illness in [[1891]].

Sanetomi is buried at [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]]. The Imperial Court commissioned [[Tanaka Yubi|Tanaka Yûbi]] to paint a series of scroll paintings in [[1900]] depicting the great events of the life of Sanetomi; Yûbi produced similar scroll sets for the lives of Sanetomi's father Sanjô Sanetsumu, and [[Iwakura Tomomi]]. These beautiful scrolls remain today in the Imperial collections, and serve as a lionization of these figures as heroes of the Meiji nation.<ref>Gallery labels, "[http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/event/sannomaru/tenrankai66.html The two people who supported Emperor Meiji - Sanjo Sanetomi and Iwakura Tomomi - an account of the late Edo period to the Meiji Restoration in biographical picture scrolls]," The Museum of the Imperial Collections, [[Sannomaru Shozokan|Sannomaru Shôzôkan]], September 2014.</ref> Similarly, [[Nashinoki Shrine]], located on the former grounds of the Sanjô family mansion just outside the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]], was re-dedicated in 1915 to the spirits of Sanetomi and his father.<ref>Plaques on-site at Nashinoki Shrine.</ref>

Sanetomi is buried at [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]] in Tokyo. The Imperial Court commissioned [[Tanaka Yubi|Tanaka Yûbi]] to paint a series of scroll paintings in [[1900]] depicting the great events of the life of Sanetomi; Yûbi produced similar scroll sets for the lives of Sanetomi's father Sanjô Sanetsumu, and [[Iwakura Tomomi]]. These beautiful scrolls remain today in the Imperial collections, and serve as a lionization of these figures as heroes of the Meiji nation.<ref>Gallery labels, "[http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/event/sannomaru/tenrankai66.html The two people who supported Emperor Meiji - Sanjo Sanetomi and Iwakura Tomomi - an account of the late Edo period to the Meiji Restoration in biographical picture scrolls]," The Museum of the Imperial Collections, [[Sannomaru Shozokan|Sannomaru Shôzôkan]], September 2014.</ref> Similarly, [[Nashinoki Shrine]], located on the former grounds of the Sanjô family mansion just outside the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]], was re-dedicated in 1915 to the spirits of Sanetomi and his father.<ref>Plaques on-site at Nashinoki Shrine.</ref>

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