He was born to a sake brewery in Miyoshi-cho (later Miyoshi City), Hiroshima Prefecture, and after he graduated from Kansai Horitsu Gakko, he became a probationary official of Justice.
広島県三次町（後の三次市）の造り酒屋に生まれ、関西法律学校卒業後、司法官試補となる。