He had five children, and his second son, Shigeishi, succeeded the post of Shinto priest, and the third son, Kitao TAKAHARA, Ph.D. (in engineering), is a leading expert in Aerospace Studies, and was a teacher at Nagoya University and a manager of the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan.
5人の子をもうけ、二男重石が神職を継ぎ、三男高原北雄は博士(工学)で名古屋大学教授・航空宇宙技術研究所部長などをつとめた航空宇宙学の第一人者。