The Mushanokoji Senke school especially favors kichijo-so (a plant native to Japan, a member of the lily family; scientific name, Reineckea carnea), and the 'tsubo-tsubo' (a pattern of pots) in which pot-shaped earthenware patterns are scattered, are used by the three Senke families in common.
武者小路千家では、吉祥草を特別に好みとし、壺型の土器を散らした「つぼつぼ」は三千家共通に用いられている。