It is said that during the Sengoku period (the period of warring states), a person called Tarozaemon living in Sannobara in the vicinity of Odawara City exercised the power over the hisabetsumin in the Kanto region, while Danzaemon was no more than a influential figure in a limited area around Yuigahama near Kamakura City.
戦国時代(日本)は小田原近在の山王原の太郎左衛門が関東の被差別民の有力者であり、弾左衛門は鎌倉近在の由比ヶ浜界隈の有力者に過ぎなかったとされている。