Mino Shoinshi was made while being decorated with beautiful watermark patterns such as a dappled pattern, key pattern, chrysanthemum arabesque pattern, oval-ring pattern, and hexagonal pattern, and used for paper-covered lamp stands, garden lanterns, and so forth, besides shoji.
美濃紋書院紙では、鹿子(かのこ)・紗綾形・菊唐(から)草・七宝・亀甲(きっこう)などの美しい紋様が漉き込まれ、障子以外にも行灯や灯籠などにも用いられた。