This method had originated from discussions between villages about water intake to rice fields during periods of drought, and has spread as a commercial custom as a method to distribute many public work projects including civil engineering and construction in these years.
水枯れ期の田圃への取水についての村落同士の話し合いなどを発生起源とし、近年では土木・建設をはじめ多くの公共事業の分配方法の商慣習として万延していた。