Until then, the kosode generally used as formal attire had been "noshime kosode" (kosode with 'noshime' [a check pattern or laterally striped pattern woven into the lower part of the sleeves and the waist part]), but from then the solid-color kosode - though it had five family crests - began to be used along with noshime kosode.
それまで正装の際に用いる小袖は熨斗目小袖が一般的であったが、これの略式として五つ紋の入った無地もしくは熨斗目の小袖を用いることが行われるようになった。