In the early Edo period, Enshu KOBORI picked up Kuniyaki Chaire (tea containers) made in Japan which have been made light of until the time, and he placed inscriptions according to the utensils' characteristics after the themes of waka poems (waka inscriptions).
江戸初期には、小堀遠州がそれまで軽んじられていた日本製の国焼茶入を取上げ、和歌を題材に道具の個性にちなんだ銘を付けた（和歌銘）。