Even in a particular kabuki play, Kuranosuke OISHI is shown to have played around in the Ichiriki-jaya teahouse at the beginning of the Edo period, and many anti-shogunate samurai who were to establish the new government frequented the hanamachi.
江戸初期には大石内蔵助が一力茶屋で遊んでいた話は歌舞伎などでも知られ、江戸末期には後の新政府を樹立する多くの志士らによって利用され続けた。