Takasugi returned home in December 1860 and married the second daughter of Yamaguchi town magistrate Heiemon INOUE, Masa, who was said to be the most beautiful lady in Suo and Nagato Provinces.
万延元年（1860年）11月に帰郷、防長一の美人と言われた山口町奉行井上平右衛門の次女、まさと結婚する。