Takatora's son Takatsugu TODO continued a policy of hokokamae that was imposed by his father after Takatora's death and as a result there was no chance for him to serve a master again, and he lived through the rest of his life as "Suian" on meager alms from Tadaoki HOSOKAWA and Yoshinao TOKUGAWA who valued his talent.
高虎の死後も、子の藤堂高次が引き続き奉公構の方針を維持したため仕官はかなわず、その才を惜しんだ細川忠興や徳川義直らの捨扶持を細々と受けながら、「睡庵」と称した。