On the otherhand, another idea that fundoshi loincloths were introduced from the Continent claims that there existed in the Chinese Continent a special fundoshi loincloth called "tokubi-kon" with which men's privates appeared like the nose of a cow.
一方、大陸伝来説は、中国大陸に「特鼻褌」（とくびこん）と呼ばれる、男性の局部が牛の鼻のように見える褌が日本に伝来したとの説がある。