His monument of honor says, 'Moving like the lightning, speaking like the storm, all are astonished and none dare face him. This is our Togyo Takasugi.'
顕彰碑には｢動けば雷電の如く発すれば風雨の如し､衆目駭然､敢て正視する者なし｡これ我が東行高杉君に非ずや...｣とある。