After the feudal system, characteristic of the shogunate, collapsed through the Meiji Restoration, the impoverished bushi class sold their Kimono at pawn shops, and they became available around town.
明治維新で幕藩体制が崩壊すると、貧窮した武家階級からこれらの着物が質屋等を介して市中に出回るようになった。