It was originally founded around 1793 when Hosokawa Tatsuyuki, Uto feudal lord of Higo Province, invited several potters of Takahama-ware from Amakusa, of which Hizen potters Yamamichi Kiemon and Kiemon were instructing porcelain making at that time.
At first, they made excellent pieces of work by receiving the patronage of clans, and offering presents such as ornaments and incense burners to various feudal lords and daimyo. However, from around 1822 patronage from the clans ceased so from then on they centered on producing daily life receptacles etc., but they kept falling into decline with the quality becoming naturally lower, and the number of kilns decreasing.
Until the end, only the Nagao Shinke kiln continued to keep its kiln fire going, but in 1931 the final pots were taken out of the kiln and it was completely abandoned.
Excellent pieces remain in the areas of work that grandly depict images of things like mountain water landscapes, Unkaku (cloud cranes), and flowers and birds in blue and white dyed porcelain. However, as previously mentioned, because the production period of Oda-ware for clan kilns was about thirty years, few exist and so it is counted as one of the types of porcelain said to be extremely rare.
