It was selected from nucellar seedlings, made by pollination of Bengal quince to Miyakawa wase at the Horticultural Experiment Station of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (today's Department of Citrus Research, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization), in 1940, and it was registered as a variety in 1963.
1940年に農林省園芸試験場（現農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構果樹研究所カンキツ研究興津拠点）において宮川早生にカラタチを受粉させた珠心胚実生から選抜され、1963年に品種登録された。