Mokkatsuji-ban began to be used for privately printed books or the amateur edition, so called, private publication as well as text books for educational institutions of the Edo shogunate, local schools established by feudal lords, and private schools of scholars.
私家版や素人版などと言った現在で言う自費出版に用いられるようになった他、江戸幕府の教育機関や地方の藩校、学者の私塾などの教科書にも用いられた。