Today, adult women always use hiogi of straight-grained slates, but in the Heian period, there were small-sized hiogi for children made of cross-grained wood with drawings of flowers and birds, as well as plain fans for young men and for elderly.
現代は成人女性のもつ柾目引きの檜扇ばかり見かけるが、平安時代は板目引きの、小振りで花鳥を描いた子供用の檜扇や無地の若年男性用・老人用の扇も存在した。