Unorthodox uses of the Kicho screens included; use of smaller sized divider screens ('sashi kicho') which were carried by a pair of female attendants and used to obscure the faces of noble women when walking along open roads.
変わった用途としては、女房が街道を歩くときに傍仕えの女の童二人に小型の几帳を持たせて顔を隠す「差几帳（さしきちょう）」がある。