Daiki was born in Yokota, Hisashiro village, Shimomichi county, Bicchu Province (currently, Hisashiro, Fusashiro City in Okayama Prefecture) and, when he was a child, became a young Buddhism monk in Tenpuku-ji Temple (Tempukuzen-ji Temple) in his home town, Yokota, Hisashiro village.
備中国下道郡久代村横田（現在の岡山県総社市久代）に生まれ、幼少時に地元・久代村横田の天福寺（天福禅寺）で小僧となる。