During the Edo period, there was a vogue phrase that lists things that were abundant in Edo (the old name of Tokyo); fires, quarrels, Iseya (the name of shops), Inari, and dogs' droppings.
江戸時代には、江戸に多い物として「火災喧嘩伊勢屋稲荷にイヌの糞」というはやり言葉があったほどである。