In the "Yoshufu-shi" (a geographical description of Yamashiro Province) published in 1648, there is a description on kami-shi in Kyoto as 'This is now made in a number of places. However, the one made by the Iwasa clan of Nijo-minami, Higashinotoin is best for papering fusuma sliding doors, and is exclusively used,' and in the "Shinsen Kamikagami" (Newly edited Kamikagami) there is a description as 'a number of karakami craftsmen living in Higashinotoin and Hirano town, Kyoto.'
『雍州府志（ようしゅうふし）（擁州とは山城国の別称で山城の地理案内書）』貞享元年（1648年）刊に、京の唐紙師について「いまところとどころこれを製す。しかれども東洞院二条南の岩佐氏の製するは、襖障子を張るのにもっともよし、もっぱらこれを用いる」とあり、『新撰紙鑑（かみかがみ）』には、「京東洞院、平野町あたりに唐紙細工人多し」とある。