Soon, aristocrats and bureaucrats became so enthusiastic about kemari that duties were neglected, and prostitutes who learnt men's favorite kemari and used this as an excuse to invite customers to their shops became so conspicuous that during the early Ming Dynasty, the Chinese government issued a prohibition ordinance against kemari; this prohibition continued into the Qing Dynasty, and kemari almost disappeared completely from China.
やがて貴族や官僚が蹴鞠に熱中して仕事をおろそかにしたり、娼妓が男たちの好きな蹴鞠をおぼえて客たちを店に誘う口実にしたりすることが目立ったため、明初期には蹴鞠の禁止令が出され、さらに清における禁止令で中国からはほぼ完全に姿を消した。