According to an order of Kyoto Prefecture issued in the Meiji period, the road starting from Kyoto and through Fushimi-kaido Road (the road section from Kyoto and Fushimi later renamed Takeda-kaido Road) to Fushimi and onward over Ogura-zutsumi Bank in Ogura-ike Pond, crossing Izumi-ohashi Bridge over Kizu-gawa River and reaching the boundary to Yamato Province is named Yamato-kaido Road. 
明治時代の京都府令によると、京都から伏見街道（後に京都・伏見間の経路は竹田街道に変わる）を通り、伏見を経て、巨椋池の小倉堤上を通り、木津川(京都府)を泉大橋で渡り大和国境に至る道を大和街道。