Abstract
Nakai family were in a position of "Daikugashira" of the Edo shogunate and they were controlling the carpenters who lived in six provinces of the kansai district : The Yamato, Yamashiro (including Kyoto), Kawachi, Izumi, Settsu (including Osaka) and the Omi provinces. This paper is a study on the formation of the chief carpenters' class controlled by Nakai family, from the Kanei to the Jyoo period in the Edo ara. In this paper, I am proving the title of the chief carpenters' name : "Nakai Yamato nai Toryo" and the separation of the chief carpenters from their fellow carpenters.
