It began when Kinugasa Sohei who was from Yamada Village, Akashi District in Harima Province (formerly Yamada Town, Nada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) made thin pottery modeled on Kyoto’s Awata-ware around the Kansei era, and sold it as a souvenir of Maikohama. However it was temporarily abolished in its second generation, but was revived during the Tenpo era, by a person from the same village named Takata Tsuchinosuke.
In addition to the above, around the seventh year of the Bunka era Mikuni Kyuhachi from Okuradani (Okuradani of Akashi City) originated a kiln which fired goods for everyday use such as receptacles, teapots and pots that were iron and black glazed. They continued until the third generation also being called Maiko-ware.
*The signature in the photos belongs to Sohei Kinugasa
