Fusuma-shoji referred to shoji on which torinoko paper was pasted for finishing the surface, patterns were drawn by richly colored mineral paints on an applied gold foil over it or the pictures were drawn in colors or with Sumi directly on the surface of the torinoko paper.
襖障子は、表面仕上げに鳥の子紙を貼り、その上に金箔を貼りその上から極彩色の岩絵の具で絵柄を描くか、鳥の子の地肌に直接彩色あるいは墨で絵を描いたものを指した。