He was born in Kyoto and began to serve Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA, a son of his sister Keishoin and the lord of the Tatebayashi domain, on December 1656, and held positions such as sojaban (an official in charge of the ceremonies) of the Tatebayashi clan.
京都に生まれ、明暦2年（1656年）12月に姉桂昌院の子である館林藩主徳川綱吉に仕えるようになり、館林藩奏者番などをつとめた。