The Nakagawa area was positioned as "Kugonin," who presented products to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, together with the neighboring Ono-sho (present day Ono-go, Kita Ward, Kyoto City) and Umegabatake-sho (present day Takao, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City), and have produced and sold polished logs and similar materials since ancient times.
中川地域は隣接する小野庄（現在の京都市北区小野郷）や梅ヶ畑庄（現在の京都市右京区高雄）とともに京都御所に産物を献上する「供御人」としての地位を授かって古来より磨丸太類の生産、販売を行った。