He was born in Ikeda (present-day Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture) in 1535, as a male heir of Yoshimura ARAKI (the other version is that Takamura ARAKI) who was a vassal of the Ikedajo Castle lord, the Ikeda clan in Settsu Province. |
天文 (元号)4年(1535年)、摂津国池田城主である池田氏の家臣・荒木義村(異説として荒木高村)の嫡男として池田(現:大阪府池田市)に生まれる。 |