The child of a shogunate retainer, Taguchi was born in Mejirodai, Edo (Tokyo), in the residences of low class samurai (current day grounds of Japan Women's University in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo).
幕臣の子で、江戸目白台の徒士屋敷（現東京都文京区目白台の日本女子大学敷地内）に生まれる。