There are many different conjectures about her birthplace, but the present Ono, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture (Ono, Old Ogachi-machi, Ogachi-gun, Akita Prefecture) is considered to be most likely, and a local tradition says that she also spent her later years in the same area (however, one tradition holds that says she was born in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture).
生まれには多数の説があるが現在の秋田県湯沢市小野（旧雄勝郡雄勝町(秋田県)小野）という説が主流となっており、晩年も同地で過ごしたとする地域の言い伝えが残っている（福井県越前市生まれという説もある）。