山縣有朋
In 1884, Takasugi's friends and comrades whom included Yamagata Aritomo, Kido Takayoshi (formerly Katsura Kogorō), Itō Hirobumi, and Inoue Kaoru among others, raised funds to had a hermitage Tōgyō-an (東行庵), named after Takasugi's nickname, built close to his gravesite, there Tani Baisho stayed and looked after his grave until her death in 1909. Kido Takayoshi and his wife Matsuko would later took his young son Toichi under their wings.