The wakyu is not straight when viewed with the tsuru nearby and yugara (wooden or bamboo part between Motohazu (the lower top of the bow) and Urahazu (the top of the bow)) further away, and the tsuru is placed slightly left in order to make it located at the right edge of yugara where the arrow is placed.
和弓は弦を手前に弓幹を向う手に見た時に上下真っ直ぐな直線ではなく、矢を番える辺りで弦が弓幹の右端辺りに位置するよう僅かに左に反らされている。