Danshichi was a homeless waif in his boyhood, picked up by Giheiji MIKAWAYA, married Giheiji's daughter Okaji, had one child, and became a fish vendor called Bote-furi (vending with calling to customers) (peddler) in Senshu Sakai.
団七は、幼い時浮浪児だったのを三河屋義平次に拾われ、娘のお梶と所帯を持ち一子をもうけ泉州堺で棒手振り（行商）の魚屋となっている。