The basic equipment consists of:

• Shirt > Dogi – 道衣
• Chestguard > Tsuru tsuberi kawa – 弦り滑皮 (meistens Muneate genannt)
• Wide belt (under the skirt) > Obi – 帯
• Trouser skirt > Hakama – 袴
• Glove right > Kake – かけ
• Bow with string > Yumi  - 弓/ Tsuru – 弦
• Arrow > Ya – 矢
• Toe shoe / sock > Tabi - 足袋
  

Required small material:Cloth or bag for the Kake

• Shitagake (inner glove)
• Giriko = resin powder in a girikoire
• Tsurumaki = tendon ring with replacement tendon
• White glue for the Nakashikake = reinforced arrow-nock point
• Hemp fibers to reinforce the Nakashikake
• Sharp pocket knife for maintenance work on tendon and bow handle
• Two woods (Doho) to fix the glue on the string
• Waraji = tendon driver made of hemp or old hemp tendon
• Mass band or template for tendon distance control
• Replacement cams and tips for arrows
• Furoshiki (dress cloth approx. 80 x 80 cm)