Uda-gami originates from the Sugihara-gami (Sugihara paper) (a moderately thin kozo paper which was distributed mostly in the samurai society in medieval times and imitated the Sugihara-gami of the originator in the Harima Province), and was distributed greatly in Edo and used for Edo karakami.
宇陀紙は、吉野ので漉かれた杉原紙（中世の武士社会に最も流通した中葉の楮紙で、本家播磨の杉原紙を各地で模造した）を源としており、江戸でも多く流通し江戸からかみに用いられた。