Sugihara paper

Japanese: 杉原紙 - すぎはらがみ

A handmade washi paper made from paper mulberry. It is soft like hosho paper, but a little thin. Its name comes from the fact that it was made in Sugihara-sho, a manor of the Fujiwara clan in Harima during the Heian period. It became widely produced after the Kamakura period, and as demand increased, papers similar to Sugihara paper were made in various places, and it was called Echizen Sugihara, Bitchu Sugihara, Kaga Sugihara, etc. Sugihara paper was used especially by samurai and monks for celebrations and condolences, as well as for gifts, catalogs, and Nishikie (colored woodblock prints). Ko-Sugihara, which is an oval coin, was popular as a high-quality kaishi (paper for men). Its production ceased in modern times, but it has been produced again since 1972, when the Sugihara Paper Research Institute was established in Kami-cho (now Taka-cho), Hyogo Prefecture, where it originated.
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Japanese:

コウゾを原料とした手すき和紙。奉書紙に似て柔らかいが，やや薄い。名は平安時代に播磨(はりま)にあった藤原家の荘園椙原庄(すぎはらしょう)で作られたことに由来する。鎌倉期以降さかんに製造されるようになり，需要の増加にともなって各地で杉原紙に似た紙がすかれ，越前杉原，備中杉原，加賀杉原などの名で呼ばれた。杉原紙はとくに武士や僧侶の間で慶弔用に用いられたほか，贈答用，目録用，錦絵(にしきえ)用などに広く使用された。小判の小杉原は男子用の高級懐紙として好まれた。近代以降，生産が絶えていたが，1972年，発祥の地である兵庫県加美町（現・多可町）に杉原紙研究所が設けられて以来，再び生産されている。
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