There are explanations why it came to be called Furoshiki, including one which indicates it came from the fact that, in the end of the Muromachi period, Daimyo (feudal lord), at the time of bathing, undressed on a Hiratsutsumi spread out and wrapped his clothes with it, or wiped his feet with it, but it is uncertain.
それが風呂敷と呼ばれるようになったのは室町時代末期に大名が風呂に入る際に平包を広げその上で脱衣などして服を包んだ、あるいは足拭きにしたなどの説があるが明確ではない。