She became an adopted daughter of Kamekichi HAMADAYA, who was a proprietress of a geisha dwelling 'Hamadaya' in Yoshicho, when she was seven years old, as her house fell.
生家の没落により、7歳の時に芳町の芸妓置屋「浜田屋」の女将、浜田屋亀吉の養女となる。