At the end of the Edo period, Mosuke SHIMABARA in Kyoto invented 'Hariita' (a board for adhering the starched, stretched cloth) to be used by professionals at the riverside of the Kamo-gawa River at that time.
のち、江戸時代末期に、京都の島原茂助が「張板」を作り、当時は鴨川辺で職業用として用いた。