Facing the large consumer area of Edo, there was a huge demand for Edo karakami, and Hosokawa paper produced in the Hiki-gun and Chichibu, Musashi Province near Edo was used as a material paper for karakami.
江戸から紙は、江戸という大消費地を控えて需要が多く、から紙原紙は近くの武蔵国の秩父・比企郡で産する細川氏を用いた。