It developed in the later works of the Kiki kayo period (ballads found in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and the Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan)) and the early works of the Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), and has been broadly popular ever since.
記紀歌謡末期・万葉集初期の作品に成立し、古今を通じ広く行われた。