The Chrysanthemum became the nickname of the Imperial family because of the use of Kikuka-monsho, and there was a popular song which said 'the Chrysanthemum blossoms, the hollyhock dies' at the end of the Edo period.
菊は「菊花紋章」から皇室の代名詞とされ、幕末の流行り歌に「菊は咲く咲く、葵は枯れる」と歌われている。