In either case, it appears that sashimi came to be recognized as a dish in which ingredients were thinly sliced and seasoned directly before being eaten, and "Shijoryu Hochogaki" (cookbook of the Shijo School, compiled in 1489) uses the word to refer to dishes ranging from the slices of jellyfish to the slices of salted green pheasant and salted copper pheasant that have had salt removed using hot water before being thinly sliced.
いずれにせよ、ほどなくして刺身は食材を薄く切って盛り付け、食べる直前に調味料を付けて食べる料理として認識されるようになったらしく、『四条流庖丁道（しじょうりゅうほうちょうがき）』（宝徳元年・1489年）では、クラゲを切ったものや、果てはキジやヤマドリの塩漬けを湯で塩抜きし薄切りしたものまでも刺身と称している。