In the "Daigenkai" (literally, great sea of word, a Japanese dictionary) published during the Meiji period, there is a description of 'a paper made from the bark of kozo (a mulberry paper) and ganpi (a clove-like bush) as materials. Today, mitsumata (a paper bush) is used.'
明治期の『大言海』には、「楮（こうぞ）トがんびトノ皮ヲ原料トシテ、漉キタル紙。今ハ三椏（みつまた）ヲ用イル」とある。