He was born as the child of Toan IMAHORI, who practiced Confucianism and medicine, in Iba-go, Kanzaki District, Omi Province, (the present-day Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture) but he was mostly likely the illegitimate child of Motokatsu SONO of Gon Dainagon (provisional major counselor) and was later sent for adoption. 近江国神崎郡 (滋賀県)伊庭郷(現 滋賀県東近江市)の儒医 今堀東安の子として生まれたとされるが、権大納言園基勝(その もとかつ)の私生児でその後里子に出されたとの説が有力である。 |