Town that includes the name 'Oyake' is the former Oaza Oyake, Yamashinacho Town, that was reorganized into twenty-five towns when it was integrated into Higashiyamaku Ward in 1931.
「大宅」を冠称する町名はもとの山科町大字大宅で、昭和6年、当時の東山区へ編入された際、25町に編成された。