Kosobe ware is pottery produced in Kosobe, Settsu Province (Kosobe Town, Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture). Their kiln was established somewhere between the end of the Momoyama period and the start of the Edo period. After the era from 1624–1643, the kiln was temporarily shut down in the mid-Edo period. However, it is said that around 1790, the founder, Igarashi Shinpei (died in 1829), who had learned pottery techniques in Kyoto, established a climbing kiln in the town currently known as Kosobe, Takatsuki City, and restored Kosobe ware.
Most Kosobe ware products have a pottery mark on them. The marks they used kept slightly changing from the founder’s time until the fifth generation. It is said that there are very few works left from the time of the founder until the third generation, making them highly valuable.
