Mitsugake covers the thumb, the forefinger and the middle finger and yotsugake covers fingers from the thumb to the annular finger and it is equipped with a thimble-like wood (or a horn of water buffalo and so on) which is hollowed out, covering a whole of the thumb.
三ツガケは親指・人差指・中指、四ツガケは親指〜薬指までを覆い、親指には木（或は水牛等の角）を指筒状に刳り貫いたものが親指全体を覆うように仕込まれている。