In 1645, when at the age of 11, she was entrusted to the Fukuda family in Fushimiyanagi-cho (Chushojima), and then in 1648, when at the age of 14, she became "kakoi" (a female living in a male's second house), and her given name was changed to "Senko (Chiko)."
正保2年（1645年）、11歳の時に伏見柳町（中書島）福田家に預けられ、慶安元年（1648年）14歳で「囲（鹿恋）」となり名は「千戸」。