Affected by the culture of the Zen sect of Buddhism which emphasized originality, the head of a school of tea ceremony each had a favorite pattern carved on printing blocks and had the original karakami pasted in the tea room.
茶道の家元は、独自性を重んじる禅宗文化の影響で、それぞれの家元の好みの紋様を版木に彫らせて、独自の唐紙を茶室に張らせた。