He was born in Miono, Takashima Village, Omi Province (around present Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture) but was raised up in Takamuku Echizen Province (present Takaboko, Maruoka Town, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture), the hometown of his mother, because his father died when he was a child.
近江国高嶋郷三尾野（現在の滋賀県高島市あたり）で誕生したが幼い時に父を亡くし、母の故郷である越前国高向（たかむく、現在の福井県坂井市丸岡町高椋）で成長した。