 It is featured in antique artwork such as ukiyo-e prints through history, such as the "Lucky Gods' visit to Enoshima", ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Yoshiiku in 1869 and "One Hundred Views of Osaka, Three Great Bridges", ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunikazu in 1854.The Fujiyama Tea Co. used it as a wooden box label of Japanese tea (green tea) for export in the Meiji period / Taisho period (1880s).It was historically used by the "daimyō" (大名) and Japan's military, particularly the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy.