In 1564, Nobunaga ODA saw Nagara-gawa ukai and gave the title of usho as well as ten bales (traditional unit for rice, which is 60 kilograms) of stipend to each ukai fishermen, which was the same treatment with takajo (a hawker).
永禄7年、織田信長は長良川の鵜飼を見物し、鵜飼それぞれに鵜匠の名称を授け鷹匠と同様に遇し、1戸に禄米10俵を給与した。