A book of secrets passed down in the various schools of tea ceremony held by samurai families suggests that each school had its own style and way of decoration.
一方でほぼ同じ時期の武家茶道諸流の伝書ではそれぞれ異なる体系付けのさまざまな飾り方を伝えており、流儀化が始まっていることが覗われる。