Among those, the bamboo other than madake is used as higo, a susudake (bamboo with soot, those that are placed as a thatched roof of a house) is used for maetake, and unmonchiku (Leopard bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra f. boryana), Phyllostachys nigra cv. Punctata are sometimes used for decorative purposes.
中には真竹以外の竹をヒゴに使用したり、前竹に煤竹を使用したもの、雲紋竹、胡麻竹等の紋竹を主に鑑賞目的で使用したものもある。