While the Kyo-karakami (Kyoto-type karakami) adopts a method of 'Okiage' (place up) which applies thick amounts of paint using a model paper (cutting out a model from a paper treated with astringent persimmon juice, made with two sheets of paper pasted together), the Edo-karakami (Edo-type karakami) uses a method of dyeing cotton with models to make prints (print-type dyeing with models and dyeing with colored glue).
京からかみの場合は、型紙（紙を貼り合わせて柿渋を塗った渋紙を用いて型を切り抜いたもの）を用いて絵具を厚く盛り上げる「置き上げ」が行われ、江戸からかみでは更紗型染（捺染型染で、染料に膠を加えたもので型染めする）の技法を用いている。