A feudal retainer of Satsuma Province, Kizaemon NARAHARA was his older brother and his father was confined to his house for the Oyura-sodo (family feud over Narioki SHIMAZU's heir).
薩摩藩士の奈良原喜左衛門は兄で、父はお由羅騒動で謹慎処分に遭う。