Karakami was made in the following process; sealed up by pasting the mixture of whitewash (a white pigment made of white lead and a powder made by baking shells was used after the Muromachi period) and glue, and mica powder was printed on it by using printing block of patterns such as arabesque and tortoiseshells.
唐紙は、胡粉（鉛白を原料とした白色顔料で、室町期以降は貝殻を焼いた粉末を用いた）に膠をまぜたものを塗って目止めをした後、雲母の粉を唐草や亀甲などの紋様の版木で摺り込んだものである。