In the section 1655 of the "Sesshu meisho ki" (a guide to noted places of Settsu province) there is a description of 'Najio being a place where torinoko-gami was made in the past. They make paper as skillfully as people in Echizen province and there are various types of paper.,' which shows that the paper manufacturing in Najio had already been developed in the early part of the 17th centuries during 1652 and 54 when it was written.
『摂州名所記』承応4年（1655年）篇には「名塩、鳥の子紙、昔よりすき出す所也、越前にもおとらさる程にすく、或いは色々紙有り」とあり、同書が書かれた承応年間（1652～54年）より以前の十七世紀前半には、名塩で紙業が発展していたことが分かる。