The above descriptions indicate that tanabata was already celebrated in Edo as early as during the mid-Edo period and at the end of the Edo period, it also flourished in Osaka.
上記から、江戸時代中期には既に江戸で七夕祭りが始まっており、江戸時代末期には大坂でも盛んになっている様子が窺える。