It is famous for its extreme thinness as 'Yoshino paper' and in the "Seventy-one workmen's competitions of waka" there is a waka that says 'myself to be forgotten, why? We never exchange marriage vows as thin as Nara paper' and the thinness of Nara-gami, that is, nobe-gami (a high quality tissue) of Yoshino, was called 'yawayawa' (very soft one) elegant and loved by noble women.
「吉野紙」としては極薄様の紙で名高く、『七十一番歌合』に、「忘らるる我が身よ　いかに奈良紙の薄き契りは　むすばざりしを」とあり、奈良紙すなわち吉野の延紙（鼻紙）の薄さを「やはやは」と、みやびやかに呼んで、公家の女性たちはその薄さを愛した。