However, in view of the fact instructions prohibiting extravagance were often issued during the Edo period ('Jochu irui jikidan no sadame,' which targeted samurai and chonin or town people, was issued during the third year of the Kanbun era), it may be said that these types of products were produced in order to evade the crackdown on luxury goods.
しかしながら江戸時代には贅沢を禁止したお触れが度々発令されており（武家や町人を対象にした「女中衣類直段之定」は寛文3年発令）、贅沢品の取締りから逃れるためという理由もあったといえる。