When Sankinkotai (a system under which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo) was established in Buke Shohatto (code for the warrior households) in 1635, the number of followers of Daimyo-gyoretsu (feudal lord's costumed procession) was limited as well.
同12年（1635年）の武家諸法度で参勤交代が法制化された際にはあわせて大名行列の従者制限が定められた。