When the end of the Edo period came, people of the town, who despised the strict form of chanoyu using maccha for the education of samurai families, demanded tea which could be enjoyed lightheartedly.
江戸末期になると、武家の教養として作法が固まっている抹茶の茶の湯を嫌い、気軽に楽しめる茶を求める声が町衆から出てきた。