In the Edo period, people of samurai society wore it as simplified formal attire, which became the most formal wear for men of common people in the middle of the Edo period, and which became further popular as a formal garment in the Meiji period when the government designated 'black haori hakama bearing five family crests' as official formal attire by the decree of the Grand Council of State.
江戸時代に武家社会で略礼装として用いられていたものが、中期には庶民男子の最礼装として着用されるようになり、明治時代に太政官令で礼装を定めた際に「五つ紋の黒紋付羽織袴」を採用したことにより正装として広まった。