Among them, Kagatobi were popular owing to their flashy outfit and unique hair style, and having their pride in family status of "Kaga hyaku-man-goku"(one million koku of rice produced annually) and "quasi-Tokugawa gosanke", and they had endless clashes with Machi hikeshi every time there was a fire in areas where traditional town houses and daimyo yashiki (mansion of a feudal lord) stood close by.
中でも加賀鳶は派手な衣装と独自の髪型で人気が高く、加賀百万石・準御三家といった家格の誇りもあって、町家と大名屋敷が隣接する地域では火事の度に威勢のいい町火消しとの衝突が絶えなかった。