She was born to Ayazaburo OGINO, village headman who had been allowed to adopt surname and wear a pair of sword for generations, and Kayo OGINO as their fifth daughter (youngest daughter) in the village of Tawarase, Hatara County, Musashi Province (currently, Tawarase, Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture/ until Sept 30, 2005: Oaza Tawarase, Menuma-machi, Osato-gun).
-武蔵国幡羅郡（はたらぐん）俵瀬（たわらせ）村（現在の埼玉県熊谷市俵瀬、2005年9月30日までは大里郡妻沼町大字俵瀬）に、代々苗字帯刀を許された名主の荻野綾三郎、嘉与（かよ）の五女（末娘）として生を享ける。