after wrapping a scabbard with shark skin , it was lacquered in black , indigo or vermilion , and then finished using a grinding stone to make a decorative pattern , which is characteristic to samezaya (a sheath made of sharkskin ). 鮫皮を巻いてその上に黒・藍・朱などの色漆をかけ、それをさらに砥石で研ぎ出して装飾文様を浮き出させる「鮫鞘」である。
major karakami patterns were a geometrical pattern (geometric design ) such as arabesque of ' karakami ' and a tortoiseshell pattern in an early stage , and the technical decorative pattern of paintings such as the korin school from recent times . からかみの紋様は、当初「唐紙」の唐草や亀甲紋様などの幾何学紋様が主流で、近世にはいって光琳派などの絵画の技巧的な装飾文様が多用されるようになった。
ogata naiko kamon-kyo (a large mirror with patterns like a flower-petal ): steel mirror , 39 .7centimeters in diameter , owned by the imperial household agency; only uzumaki-mon pattern (a decorative spiral pattern ) is used as the unit of pattern arranged in the spaces between shiyoza (decorative pieces arranged like four leaves ) pieces , renko-mon (a decorative pattern with consecutive arcs arranged like a flower ) pattern , and raiun-mon (a decorative pattern with thunder cloud ) zone . 大型内行花文鏡（鋼鏡・径39.7cm・宮内庁所蔵、四葉座間・連弧文間・雷雲文帯に配置された単位文様は渦巻き文のみ。）
ogata naiko kamon-kyo (a large mirror with patterns like a flower-petal ): steel mirror , 39 .7centimeters in diameter , owned by the imperial household agency; only uzumaki-mon pattern (a decorative spiral pattern ) is used as the unit of pattern arranged in the spaces between shiyoza (decorative pieces arranged like four leaves ) pieces , renko-mon (a decorative pattern with consecutive arcs arranged like a flower ) pattern , and raiun-mon (a decorative pattern with thunder cloud ) zone . 大型内行花文鏡（鋼鏡・径39.7cm・宮内庁所蔵、四葉座間・連弧文間・雷雲文帯に配置された単位文様は渦巻き文のみ。）
