According to the "Setsuyo gundan," published in 1701, he was born in the village of Tomimatsu in Settsu Province (the modern-day Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture) and abandoned, while still in his baby clothes, in the village of Ibaraki (today's Ibaraki City), where he was picked up by Shuten Doji, who raised him and gave him the nickname "Ibaraki."
1701年刊行の『摂陽群談』では、摂津国の富松の里（現・兵庫県尼崎市）で生まれ、茨木の里（茨木市）に産着のまま捨てられていたところを酒呑童子に拾われ茨木の名をつけて養われたとある。