In the Heian period, it was called 'Hiratsutsumi' (a wrapping cloth)'平裹'/'Hiratsutsumi' (a wrapping cloth)'平包' and pictures of the common people carrying wrapped clothes on their head were drawn (The character'裹' is different from '裏'(Ura)).
平安時代には「平裹」・「平包」（ひらつつみ）と呼ばれていて、庶民が衣類を包んで頭にのせて運んでいる様子が描かれている（「裹」は「裏」（うら）とは別字）。