In the Edo period, the domestic marine transport became active, so the katsuobushi produced in Kyushu or the Shikoku region was transported to Edo and people there jokingly made a katsuobushi ranking list, in which 'Shimizu-bushi' (the katsuobushi produced in Shimizu, Totoumi Province (the present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)) and 'Yakushima-bushi' (the katsuobushi produced on Yakushima Island, Satsuma Province) was ranked ozeki (the second-highest rank of a sumo wrestler).
江戸期には国内での海運が盛んになり、九州や四国などの鰹節も江戸に運ばれるようになり、遠州（静岡）の「清水節」、薩摩の「屋久島節」などを大関とする鰹節の番付表が作成された。