Among several types of shoji paper, "Minogami," also known as Mino-zasshi ("zasshi" refers to coarse paper), was the most disseminated multi-purpose paper and therefore used commonly as shoji paper, which resulted in the Mino-zasshi becoming appreciated as typical paper for akari shoji.
中でも美濃紙は美濃雑紙と呼ばれて、多用途の紙として最も多く流通していたので、障子紙としても多用され、美濃雑紙が明かり障子紙の代表として評価されるようになった。