The royal court in the Heian period, the Kamakura shogunate, and the Muromachi shogunate each had a special gift-related section to study Orikata, as a result of which Orikata techniques, such as Ogasawara-reiho, were developed.
平安時代の朝廷には進物所が、鎌倉幕府には進物奉行・贈物奉行が、室町幕府には折紙方が設置されて、折形を研究し、小笠原礼式などの礼法が誕生した。