By colour:
- Kuro-ishi (Black stones)
- Maguro-ishi (Jet-black stones)
- Aka-ishi (Red stones)
- Ao-ishi (Blue stones)
- Murasaki-ishi (Purple stones)
- Ogon-seki (Golden-yellow stones)
- Kinko-seki (Yellow-red stones)
By surface pattern:
- Kigata-ishi (Plant-pattern stones).
- Mori-ishi (Forest-pattern stones).
- Hanagata-ishi (Flower-pattern stones).
By place of origin:
- Kamogawa-ishi (Kamogawa river stones). Jet black Distant mountain stones found in the Kamogawa river in Kyoto prefecture.
- Kurama-ishi (Kurama stones). Brown granite Island, Distant mountain, or Object stones found around the Kamogawa river, Kyoto prefecture.
- Setagawa-ishi (Setagawa river stones). Black Mountain, from the Setagawa river in Shiga and Kyoto prefectures.
- Ibigawa-ishi (Ibigawa river stones) Black, bluish-black, or gray Coastal, Island, Waterpool, Shelter, or Waterfall stones from the rivers and streams of Gifu prefecture.
- Sajigawa-ishi (Sajigawa river stones). Black, bluish-black, or gray Coastal, Island, Waterpool, Shelter, or Waterfall stones.
- Furuya-ishi (Furuya stones). Black or gray-black Mountain, Waterfall, Mountain-stream, or Coastal stones from the mountains of Wakayama prefecture.
