Yatsuhashi Tsukumo's Spread Shot (a Touhou LW original). This attack reproduces the timbre of a certain string instrument that is similar to the koto. Harp instruments are used by many different cultures throughout the world and a few of them are very similar to the Japanese koto. Furthermore, the harp is treasured as an instrument of import in most of these cultures. Another similarity between all the varieties of harp is that they all have a kind of melancholic timbre.

Yatsuhashi Tsukumo's Focus Shot (a Touhou LW original). This attack plays a koto tune that carries and conveys a divine message. Using a koto for communication has a long and storied tradition, with it even being mentioned in Japanese mythology.

Yatsuhashi Tsukumo's Spell Card. In this attack, she plays a tune inspired by a classic military epic. Impermanence is a major theme in the Tale of the Heike. All things are transient and nothing is constant or permanent. The tsukumogami may have taken this as inspiration in regards to Gensokyo's existing system (the relationship between youkai and the Human Village) in a past incident.

Yatsuhashi Tsukumo's Spell Card. As the name may indicate, this is an attack that utilises rock music. The koto and biwa are both string instruments and could be thought of as distant relatives to the guitar and bass guitar. This could explain why the Tsukumo sisters shouted social satire and about reform when they wished to overturn society, as these are the same expressions that rock music often embodies.

Yatsuhashi Tsukumo's Last Word (a Touhou LW original). A gigantic tree shoots up out of the ground in this attack. There is a story about a koto youkai that turned into a tree after it was placed on a hill. Most trees live much longer than humans, so they can act as a monument for subsequent generations, which is why many folktales feature various things turning into trees.