Although the Soeda family was very rich when he was born, the family eventually spent their all money as his father Shinzaburo was not interested in his own self-interest but was interested in charity, and then he started to travel from place to place with his family when he was seven years old.
出生当時は添田家は相当の資産家であったが、父新三郎が私欲が無く慈善を好んだため資産を使い果たし、家族と共に7歳から諸国を流浪することとなる。