Kenko YOSHIDA explained the difference between a noble-style hanami and a countryside style hanami in "Tsurezure Gusa" (the Essays in Idleness), and it is learnt that even the local samurai warrior society was enjoying a hanami feast in the early Muromachi period.
吉田兼好の『徒然草』には貴族風の花見とそうでない田舎ぶりの花見の違いが説かれており、室町時代初期には地方の武士階級にも花見の宴は行われていたことが伺える。