Adult men used three-layered fan with white binding string, while women used five-layered fan with colored binding string; actually, however, even numbers were regarded as ominous and people used fans with odd numbers of slates by adding or omitting one slate.
成人男性用の場合は三重白糸綴じ、女性の場合は五重色糸綴じの扇を用いたが、偶数を嫌って実際は1橋分減らしたり増やすなどして奇数にしていた。