An ancestor of the Senda family, a samurai who guarded the north side of the Imperial Court of retired emperors from the Settsu Province and first Choemon, became a karakami maker in his later years.
千田家の先祖は、もともと摂津国出身の北面の武士であったが、初代長右衛門はその晩年に唐紙屋を始めたと伝えられている。