In 1863, Isami, her father, left for Kyoto as the member of the Roshigumi (an organization of masterless samurai) when she was two years old, and later he formed the Shinsengumi.
文久3年（1863年）、2歳の頃、父・勇が浪士組として京都へ出立し、後に新選組を結成。