He was born as the 3rd son of Kichibe NOZAKI, feudal retainer of Satsuma, in Satsuma, and later adopted as a child of Shinzaemon Kagenao KAWAMURA as a heir of the KAWAMURA Family.
薩摩藩士、野崎吉兵衛の三男として薩摩に生まれ、後に川村新左衛門景尚の養子となり川村家を継ぐ。