備前國
Ukita was born in 1757 during the Edo period in Hachihama, Kojima District, Bizen Province (now Hachihama, Tamano, Okayama) as the second son of Ukita (or Sakuraya) Seibei (). His father died when Ukita was seven years old, after which he moved to the city of Okayama and apprenticed to a papermaker ("hyogu-shi," a maker of shōji or fusuma).