Little is known about Ayasegawa's origins. Although his birthplace is generally associated with Higashinari, Settsu Province, it is sometimes mentioned that he was actually born in
Nakashima,
Owari. He began his wrestling career by joining the
Osaka-based sumo association and joined the Minato stable, under the tutelage of
yokozuna Shiranui Dakuemon. Eventually, he left Osaka in the first year of the
Bunkyū era to join the Edo-based association and was recruited into
Hidenoyama stable, now being trained by the eponymous
yokozuna and being stablemate with
Jinmaku. During the
abolition of the han system, Ayasegawa found himself without a patron but swore with
Takasago Uragorō (then still known under the
shikona "Takamiyama") to no longer compete with other patrons. Nevertheless, Ayasegawa was recruited by the
Yamauchi clan and
Yamauchi Toyoshige, the clan lord, gave him his definitive
shikona of . Because of this act of betrayal, Takamiyama attacked Ayasegawa's property, demanding compensation. The conflict was eventually settled by the mediation of other wrestlers, and Takamiyama, as a reward for his loyalty to the
Sakai clan, was given his historic name of "Takasago". In 1876, he announced his retirement and decided not to remain with the association as an
elder. Instead, he opened an
inn in the Kakigaracho district of
Chūō, Tokyo. In 1877, he moved back to Osaka, but died the same year, on March 8, 1877. His tomb is located on the grounds of
Isshin-ji temple in Osaka. A number of personalities can trace their roots to Ayasegawa, including actor and newspaper reporter , his second son, ==Top division record==