He was born in a soy sauce brewery called Wakamatsu-ya in Todorokicho-mura, Azumi County, Shinano Province (Hotaka-shuku [a posting station], Chikuni-kaido Road).
-信濃国安曇郡等々力町村（塩の道(日本)保高宿）に醤油醸造を業とした若松屋に生まれる。