Moreover, his disciples include not only the above-mentioned Yoshida but also Torasaburo KOBAYASHI, Kaishu KATSU, Tsugunosuke KAWAI, Ryoma SAKAMOTO, Sanai HASHIMOTO, and Hiroyuki KATO, all of whom led Japan in later days; that shows, in fact, that Shozan had a great influence on the upheaval of Japan during the end of Edo period.
更に彼の門弟には前述の吉田をはじめ、小林虎三郎や勝海舟、河井継之助、坂本龍馬、橋本左内、加藤弘之など、後の日本を担う人物が多数おり、幕末の動乱期に多大な影響を与えたことも事実である。