It is said that the fad started when a collection of Kyoka entitled "Neboke sensei bunshu (the Literary Works of Master Groggy)" was published in 1767 at the beginning of Okitsugu TANUMA's political control.
田沼時代の始まる1767年（明和4年）に狂詩集『寝惚先生文集』が刊行されたのがブームのきっかけとされる。