She was born as the oldest daughter of Jihei HATAKEYAMA in Yokosuka, Kamogawa-cho, Nagasa County, Awa Province (present Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture) in 1865.
1865年、安房国長狭郡鴨川町横渚（現・千葉県鴨川市）に畠山治平の長女として生まれる。