After growing up in the residence, his family moved to Obama in 1740 where he spent his childhood until 1745 when his father, Genpo, was ordered to work in Edo.
下屋敷で育ち、元文5年（1740年）には一家で小浜へ移り、父の玄甫が江戸詰めを命じられる延享2年（1745年）まで過ごす。