The idea is said to have begun around the Higashiyama period, the middle of Muromachi period, when clothes like 'Suo' and 'Kataginu,' developed from Daimon, were becoming fashionable.
その考えが定着し始めたのは、大紋から発展した「素襖」や「肩衣」といった衣服が出始めた室町時代に入った中期の東山時代頃だと言われる。