Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by form]
6. [materials by physical form]
7. [fiber and fiber by product]
8. [fiber by product]
9. paper (fiber product)
10. [paper by form]

Narrower term/s

• washi
• gasenshi
• hosho
• moriki
• mulberry paper
• torinoko
• Berlin tissue
• gossamer tissue

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to various types of handmade paper, particularly strong, handmade paper composed of long bast fibers derived from the paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera), the gampi (Wikstroemia canascens) and the mitsumata (Edgeworthia papyrifera). Thin, translucent sheets of Japanese paper are often used as a reinforcing paper and hinges because of their strength, flexibility, and permanence. Specifically for paperlike material made from the pith of the rice paper tree, use "rice paper."