In the early-modern times, women's hiogi was called Okazashi used for hiding their faces, while fans of cross-grained wood for boys were always used with closed and with six-colored nina kazari (decorative strings) around it.
近世では、女子の檜扇は開いて顔を隠すのに用いて大翳（おおかざし）と称し、男の子供用の横目扇（板目の扇）は閉じて6色の蜷飾り（飾り紐）を巻いて用いるのが決まりであった。