According to writings dating from the early Muromachi period, retired emperors were able to wear konoshi and kariginu at will, but it was generally the case that those ranking below sekke would no longer wear kariginu after they began wearing konoshi following their appointment to the status of daijin or taisho.
室町時代の初期の文献によると、上皇は小直衣も狩衣も随時着用することができたが、摂家以下はそれぞれ任大臣・任大将後小直衣を着用し始めると、原則として狩衣は着ない例であった。