At first, it was just a simple dish like carp, however, during the Muromachi period when Samurai dominated the economy and politics, the shogunate moved to the capital where the cultural influence of the court nobles ran deep; not only the number of dishes increased, but more eleaborate ideas were put into the meals.
当初は鯉一匹など簡単な物であったが、室町時代になり武家の経済的政治的優位が確立し、幕府政治の本拠地も公家文化の影響が深い京に移るに至って、料理の品数も増え、料理自体にも派手な工夫が凝らされるようになった。