He was born in present-day Uenosono-cho (a part of the town, in fact, which used to belong to Uearata area before the reorganization of lot numbers), Kagoshima City on Apr 8, 1832.
天保3年（1832年）4月8日、現在の鹿児島市上之園町（の一部、地番整理前は上荒田に属した）生まれ。