He was a son of Soin KONPARU (also known as Shichiro Motouji), who served as Daibu (master) of Konparu-za troupe (also known as Enmai-za troupe), which was one of the Yamato-yoza (four sarugaku (form of theater popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries) performance groups in the Yamato Province) that is the origin of the current Noh, who identified themselves as the descendants of HATA no Kawakatsu.
現在の能の源流である大和四座の一つ、秦河勝の子孫を称する金春座（円満井座）の大夫・金春宗筠（七郎元氏）の子として生を受ける。