It originates from Bunrokutei Bank, which Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI had the Mori ｆamily build at the left bank of the Yodo-gawa River in February 1596 as a part of the Fushimi Castle construction, which he had started in 1594.
文禄3年（1594年）に伏見城築造に着手した豊臣秀吉が、文禄5年（1596年）2月に毛利一族に命じて淀川左岸に築かせた「文禄堤」が起源である。