If a stick of bamboo is used, one or two cuts can be made into the top of the stick of bamboo and the ends of the Shide can be inserted into there. The top of the bamboo can then be held tight with a piece of hemp string.
If a wooden stick is used,
as is often the case, then the following method, that of Rev. Miyazaki
of Koura Shrine in Kurume, may be used.
A groove is made at the top of the "kushi" (stick) of the haraigushi |
The haraigushi is circular when viewed from above |
The upper (folded) ends of the shide (shown in red blue and green are wrapped around the stick, overlayed. |
The shide are wrapped around the stick until it is given as much shide as a full head of hair. |
The shide are tied into the groove using hemp string. |
The string and the ends of the shide are covered with a "cap" (pink) made of a square piece of paper. |
 The crinkled bottom edge of the paper cap is covered with a band of paper (orange). |
The lower band of paper is held in place with a single loop of hemp string. |
 A photograph of the finished article.
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