In November in Kagoshima, his wife's parents family took Suga from Saigo's family because it was hard to see her in the hardships of poverty, and after that, Kichijiro, the second eldest brother; took care of the family.
鹿児島では11月に、貧窮の苦労を見かねた妻の実家、伊集院家が西郷家から須賀を引き取ってしまい、以後、二弟の吉二郎が一家の面倒を見ることになった。