Kinpei KOBAYASHI, a Shizoku (family or person with samurai ancestors) in Tokyo Prefecture, who was a hawker during the time of the Boshin War and the Edo period and then ran a moneylending business, fell in love with Okinu and paid way out in 1869.
戊辰戦争時、旧幕府時御鷹匠であり、その後金貸し業を生業としていた東京府士族小林金平が、明治2年おきぬを気に入り身請けした。