1833: He was born as the illegitimate child between a former soldier of the Mito Domain and a daughter of the Futomono (a shop that sold the cotton cloth and the hemp cloth) merchant who had a shop in Shimanochi in Osaka.
1833年（天保4年）頃、元水戸藩士と、大阪島之内に店を構える太物商の娘の間に私生児として生まれる。