1. Gold Alloy :
Gold mixed with silver and bronze is put in a melting pot and poured into a metal receptacle to be cooled.
2. Nobekin :
The gold alloy is extended to form a sash called "Nobe" and is then cut into approx. 6 cm square pieces.
 
3. Preparation by paper :
The cut gold pieces are placed on a 12.6 cm square of Japanese paper called "Koppe" and piled together with another pile called Furuya which is placed at the top and bottom and is then covered with bagging leather. These piled papers are fastened tightly by milk-leather.
4. Beating of Nobe-kin (1):
After beating and extending the gold sheet to the full size of the paper, the extended gold sheet is placed on Zumiuchi paper called "Aragane" to 16.8 cm square. Piling up sheets of Aragane and beaten.
 
4. Beating of Nobe-kin (2):
"Aragane" is cut into 6 cm square pieces and placed on the 18.3cm square paper and beaten to extend further. Gold sheet beaten and extended is placed on the 21.6 cm square paper and beaten again in order to take off the gloss of the surface which will be called "Uchiage zuri".
5. Presentation :
"Uchiage zuri" piled up by about 30 sheets, which are then folded by the pattern of 21.1 cm square and cut to size by knife.
 
6. Selection of paper :
It is important to choose the right quality paper since gold leaf is made by beating and extending so the quality of the finished product depends on the quality of the paper. Even the finest craftsmen can not make fine products if they do not have fine paper.
7. Hikiire :
The gold is extended to the thickness of 3/10.000 mm and cut into 21 pieces.
 
8. Beating :
The piles are held firmly by pasted "Milk-leather" and then beaten again with a machine that presses 700 times a minute and extends until the leaf becomes 1/10.000 thin.
9. Final cut :
The last process cuts the gold leaf to 4 uniform dimensions, 10.9 cm, 12.7 cm, 15.8 cm and 21.2 cm square and each piece is placed between Japanese paper.
 
10. Completion