His mother was the sixth daughter born to Morimasa MIZOGUCHI, a retainer of Shibata Domain, and Akika MIZOGUCHI, the fifth daughter of the first lord of Shibata Domain Hidekatsu MIZOGUCHI.
母は新発田藩初代藩主溝口秀勝の五女溝口秋香と新発田藩士溝口盛政の間にできた六女。