"Gifuken Shiko" (a historical document concerning Gifu Prefecture), which was written in the early Meiji period, states the existence of paper called two-folded Minogami and three-folded Minogami, and "Report on the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia" contains the following statement: 'Two-folded Minogami is useful for covering two coffers while three-folded Minogami is used for covering three coffers collectively.'
明治初期の『岐阜県史稿』によると、二つ折美濃、三つ折美濃という紙があり、明治九年（1876年）の『米国博覧会（フィラデルフィア万国博覧会）報告書』には、「二ツ折ハ障子二格間（格子間）ヲ貼るニ便シ、三ツ折ハ三格間ヲ併セテ貼ルの料トス。」とある。