This event that lasted from 1633 on up to the Tokugawa shogunate's collapse, continued to grow in scale until Yoshimune TOKUGAWA called for the thrift ordinance; at one point, it is said that the procession was of a size consisting of several hundred to several thousand people.
1633年から徳川幕府が倒れるまで続いたこの行事は、途中、徳川吉宗の倹約令が出るまで行列の規模はふくれあがり、一時は数百人から数千人の規模になったという。