Until the Meiji Restoration they were offered as presents to the Imperial Court and the name Suita arrowhead became widely known as it was featured in a poem by Shokusanjin, 'remembering de-boned conger with Suita arrowhead and Tennoji turnip.'
明治維新までは宮中に献上されるなどされており、また、蜀山人は、「思いでる鱧の骨切りすりながし吹田くわいに天王寺蕪」と歌っているなど、内外にその名を轟かせていた。