In kuge-nikki (noblemen's diaries) in the early-modern times, there are articles that describe someone wearing sashiko while serving who suddenly needed to change his clothes to sashinuki to say thank the emperor.
近世の公家日記には、指袴で出仕中急に天皇に御礼言上する必要が生じたので指貫に着替えたといった記事もみられる。