It is a technique in which traditional Japanese patterns, such as shima (stripes), ichimatsu (checks), sayagata (gossamer-figured pattern), asanoha (stylized hemp leaf pattern), masu (square checks), yabane (fletched arrow pattern) and seikaiha (pattern of waves in blue ocean), are created by yosegi (wooden mosaic) work.
縞（シマ）、市松、紗綾型（サヤガタ）、麻の葉、マス、矢羽根、青海波（セイカイハ）など日本の伝統文様を木で寄せた技法である。