He was born in 1842 as the second son of Hikohachi Tsunamasa OYAMA, a feudal retainer of the Satsuma clan, on the Kakimotoderadori Street in Kajiyacho Town (Shimokajiyacho Hogiri) near Kagoshima-jo Castle in Satsuma Province (His childhood name was Iwajiro.) |
天保13年(1842年)、薩摩国鹿児島城下加治屋町柿本寺通(下加治屋町方限)に薩摩藩士・大山彦八綱昌の次男として生まれた(幼名岩次郎)。 |