During the Meiji period, as the rakusui-shi in Tokyo had been highly estimated, the development of large-size fusuma paper was very popular even in the Echizen region which took pride in the long tradition, and the tesuki-fusumabari-taishi (handmade large paper for fusuma) was invented at the Takano paper mill in Shinzaike, Imadate-cho, Fukui Prefecture (present Shinzaike-cho, Echizen City) in 1885.
明治時代に入っての東京の楽水紙の評価が高まるにつれ、長い伝統に誇りを持つ越前でも一枚貼りの大判のふすま紙の開発に関心が高まり、明治18年（1885年）に福井県今立町新在家（現越前市新在家町）の高野製紙場で、手漉襖張大紙を漉くことに成功している。