During a period from the early to mid Edo period, this was lent to visitors to Yoshiwara (Tokyo) by Machiai-jaya (tea house to lend seats and tables, or rooms) when they were caught in the rain.
江戸初期から中期ごろ、吉原(東京都)の遊び客が雨に降られたときに待合茶屋が貸した。