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In the 1760s, the region saw a roughly ten-year period of terrible rains and floods, which brought crop failures and disease. Villagers rose up in protest, demanding tax relief. Protestors attacked the ''homeishu'' brewery as well, and took or were given more than two ''[[koku]]'' worth of liquor. In the end, though, domain officials suppressed the uprising, and arrested a great many villagers. Incidentally, around that same time, there were ten families in Tomo which held ''kabu'' for producing liquor, and six had allowed their licenses to lapse, leaving only the Nakamura and three other households. By [[1771]], however, the Nakamura family was the only one remaining. In the 1780s to 1800s, the family continued to prosper, incrementally expanding its properties, its brewing operations, and its prominence within the town. In addition to acquiring new buildings and expanding the homes and buildings the family already operated, the Nakamura also built a dock in the harbor exclusively for their use (e.g. for liquor shipping, and for the arrival & departure of elite guests staying at the ''honjin''), and continued to wield a variety of significant political or administrative positions in local government.
In the 1760s, the region saw a roughly ten-year period of terrible rains and floods, which brought crop failures and disease. Villagers rose up in protest, demanding tax relief. Protestors attacked the ''homeishu'' brewery as well, and took or were given more than two ''[[koku]]'' worth of liquor. In the end, though, domain officials suppressed the uprising, and arrested a great many villagers. Incidentally, around that same time, there were ten families in Tomo which held ''kabu'' for producing liquor, and six had allowed their licenses to lapse, leaving only the Nakamura and three other households. By [[1771]], however, the Nakamura family was the only one remaining. In the 1780s to 1800s, the family continued to prosper, incrementally expanding its properties, its brewing operations, and its prominence within the town. In addition to acquiring new buildings and expanding the homes and buildings the family already operated, the Nakamura also built a dock in the harbor exclusively for their use (e.g. for liquor shipping, and for the arrival & departure of elite guests staying at the ''honjin''), and continued to wield a variety of significant political or administrative positions in local government.
In [[1800]], some two months after Nakamura Yoshibei Takemasa (Seizô) became the sixth family head at the age of 28, the family was granted formal permission to have a surname, and to carry swords.
==Successive Family Heads==
==Successive Family Heads==
*Nakamura Jôhei Toshitoki (中村壌平利時)
#Nakamura Yoshinaga (中村吉長, act. ca. 1655-1701)
#Nakamura Yoshinaga (中村吉長, act. ca. 1655-1701)
#Nakamura Toshi'emon II Toshimasa (中村利右衛門利政, act. ca. 1701-1732)
#Nakamura Toshi'emon II Toshimasa (中村利右衛門利政, act. ca. 1701-1732)