His father was Zenemon TAIYA, a merchant of confectionery in Midomae, Osaka Prefecture (with the haiku pen name of Teiin), and his older brother was kyokashi named Yuensaiteiryu.
父は大阪御堂前の菓子商鯛屋善右衛門（俳号：貞因）で、兄に狂歌師油煙斎貞柳がいる。