It is documented that the phenomenon began at the end of September in 1867 (表記の変更) and ended on January 3, 1968 (表記の変更) when the Restoration of Imperial Rule was proclaimed, which accordingly suggests that it was a people's movement occurred immediately before the Meiji Restoration.
八月下旬に始まり十二月九日王政復古発令の日に至て止む、とあり、明治維新直前の大衆騒動だったことがわかる。