This area was the birthplace of Junkoku JIMYOJI (Junkoku TSUTSUI, the founder of the Tsutsui clan), the lord of Koriyama Domain in Yamato Province (now Nara Prefecture) in the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
この付近は安土桃山時代の奈良大和郡山藩主慈明寺順国（筒井順国は・筒井氏の祖）の出身地でもある。