He had three older sisters: his oldest sister Chiyo died at an early age; his next oldest sister Kin got married to Yagozaemon NAGAI, a wealthy farmer in Ushizaki village, Nakakanbara-gun; and his third oldest sister got married to Shingozaemon MACHIDA, a retainer of the Mizoguchi clan.
姉が三人おり、長女ちよは夭折、次女きんは、中蒲群牛崎村の豪農の長井弥五左衛門に嫁ぎ、三女は溝口家家臣町田新五左衛門に嫁いでいる。