Ogawara paper

…According to documents from 1668 (Kanbun 8), the paper industry had already developed remarkably in the three counties of Hiki, Chichibu, and Obusuma. At the time, it was called Okawara paper, and its center was the village of Yasudo in Chichibu county. According to the “Shinpen Musashi Fudokigo” (1828), 160 years later, it was called Ogawa paper, and was made in the villages of Taira and Koshigoe, and Ogawa village had a wholesaler and was the center of the industry. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Okawaragami" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1668年(寛文8)の資料では，すでに比企，秩父，男衾（おぶすま）の3郡における製紙業の発展はめざましい。当時は大河原紙と称して，秩父郡の安戸村が中心であった。それから160年後の《新編武蔵風土記稿》(1828)によれば，小川紙と称して，平村，腰越村などですき，小川村に問屋がいて，中心地となっている。…

※「大河原紙」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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