On November 29, 1859, she was born as the fourth daughter (the youngest child among seven brothers and sisters) between Sadayuki YUCHI, a doctor of the Kagoshima domain, and Sadako YUCHI.
安政6年11月6日、鹿児島藩医・湯地定之・湯地貞子夫妻の4女（7人兄弟姉妹の末っ子）として出生。