During the Higashiyama Culture that flourished in the Muromachi period, incense burning rituals were established almost at about the same time Sado (tea ceremony) and Kado (flower arrangement) were established, and it is believed that incense burning had become close to the contemporary style.
室町時代の東山文化のころ、茶道や華道が大成するのとほぼ同時期に作法なども大成され、現在の形に近いものになったと考えられている。