It has been said that there were originally plans to use silver leaf as the name suggests and that these were prevented by the financial circumstances of the Shogunate or the death of Yoshimasa, but these are little more than rumors.
「当初は名前のとおり銀を貼る予定だったが、幕府の財政事情のためにできなかった」という説や、「銀箔を貼る予定であったが、その前に義政が他界してしまった」という説もあるが、俗説に過ぎない。