The Nakatomi clan, together with the Inbe clan, was a powerful family serving the Yamato court in ancient Japan, who took charge of Shinto rituals and religious services, and had occupied the region Yamashina -approximately corresponding to today's Nakatomi-cho, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City - as their base through the ages.
中臣氏（なかとみうじ）は、古代の日本において、忌部氏とともに神事・祭祀をつかさどった中央豪族で、古くから現在の京都市山科区中臣町付近の山階を拠点としていた。