During the Edo period, Mikawa manzai, which were preferentially treated by the Tokugawa family from Mikawa province, were allowed to belt on a sword and to wear a "hitatare" (a kind of court dress in old days) with large family crests.
江戸時代には三河出身の徳川家によって優遇された三河萬歳は、武士のように帯刀、大紋の直垂の着用が許された。