According to "Harima Kagami" (the history of Harima Province) which was a topography of the Edo Period, he was from Kishi village in the Harima Province (present day Nishikankicho Kishi, Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture).
江戸時代の地誌『播磨鑑』によると播磨国岸村(現兵庫県加古川市西神吉町岸)の出身とされる。