It is on record that Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA constructed a big bathroom and invited Daimyo and so on, who wrapped up their clothes taken off in a piece of cloth attached with their family crest to avoid mixing up their clothes with others and after taking a bath put on their Shozoku (costumes) on the cloth, and the sheet used on that occasion are understood to be the oldest record of both roles of 'Furoshiki' and 'Hiratsutsumi' having been played.
足利義満が大湯殿を建てた際、招かれた大名などが入浴する際に他者の衣服と間違えないよう家紋を付けた布に脱いだ衣服を包み、湯上りに際してこの布の上で装束を調えたという記録があり、この時用いられていた敷布が「風呂敷」と「平裹（平包）」の双方の役割を果たしていたものとしての最古の記録と考えられる。