The materials used are brush wood pieces such as Japanese bigleaf magnolia, bitterwood, cherry, cornel and tamo (Fraxinus mandshurica or Fraxinus sieboldiana, a type of ash) that are found throughout Japan, as well as jindai (something that was buried underground or submerged in water for many years) such as katsura (Japanese Judas tree) that fell, buried in soil and then dug out several hundred years later.
材料は日本各地にある、ホオ、ニガキ、サクラ、ミズキ、タモなどの雑木、倒木して土に埋まり数百年かかって掘り出された桂などの神代（ジンダイ）などを使用する。