I don't have no father and don't know why; my mother left me when I was four' (Jizokyoki (text described Akinari UEDA's life by himself on the top board of the wooden box), 1808).
「父ナシ、ソノ故ヲ知ラズ。四歳、母マタ捨ツ」（自像筥記(1808)）。