This type of earthenware was created by Kashu Minpei from Iga Village in Mihara District on Awaji Island during the Bunsei era in the late Edo period and even came under the patronage of the Tokushima Domain in the late Tenpo era.
Its designs, which include copies of Kyo ware, which were made under the guidance of Ogata Shuhei, copies of Cochin ware, and sancai ware, are varied and diverse.
Minpei fell ill during the Bunkyu era and had Sanpei, the son of his younger brother, succeed him before retiring. It converted to the corporation of Tantosha in the Meiji era.
It is called Minpei ware (or Igano ware) because it was started by Minpei.
