During the time of the sankin-kotai system in the Edo period, in which feudal lords were obligated to live in Edo each alternate year, daimyo (feudal lords) from western Japan, the Gosho dolls were given as gifts by the Imperial court and used as souvenirs when the feudal lords returned home.
参勤交代時の西国大名が朝廷、公家より贈答され国許へのお土産としても使われた。