Ihaku HONO shonin (St. Ihaku HONO) VI was the second son of Tadayoshi TORII, a vessel of the Tokugawa family, and an elder brother of Mototada TORII, busho (military commander) in the Sengoku period (the period of Warring State).
第6世本翁意伯上人は徳川家家臣鳥居忠吉の次男であり、戦国の武将鳥居元忠の兄である。