He was born in Yasu, Omi Province (present Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture) but his family moved to Kyoto as his father Yasuharu was serving Suminokura family, a wealthy merchant in Saga (Kyoto City), and working as Unso (a work that carries freights on a ship). |
近江国野洲(現滋賀県野洲市)に生まれたが、父 安治が嵯峨 (京都市)の豪商角倉家に仕え運漕(船で貨物を運ぶ仕事)をしており、一家で京都に移り住んだ。 |