It was ranked under hitatare (samurai's large square-cut coat with cord laced sleeve edges) for seeing the shogun, daimon (daimyo's formal costume consisting of wide sleeved jacket with family crests), suo (formal middle rank dress, usually including jacket and hakama) and kamishimo (a sleeveless upper garment; formal occasion attire consisted of "upper and lower"), which is also said to be a uniform for the samurai class, and eventually was treated as casual clothing.
服装の順位としては将軍へのお目見えの時に使う直垂・大紋・素襖（すおう）、士分の制服とも言える裃より下にランクされる物で、普段着の扱いであった。