In the former Satsuma Province, his way of life as it was taught in the Goju (education for the samurai in Satsuma Province) received such great respect that Toshihisa was worshipped even more than his older brother Yoshihiro.
旧薩摩藩内ではその生き様が郷中教育とも相まって、兄義弘を凌ぐほどの崇拝を受けた。