Before the Tensho era, however, Chinese potters and their successors, who had techniques such as sansai (a three-color glazed pottery technique) and the Cochin ware technique, had already started manufacturing pottery during the middle of the 16th century.
ただし、天正以前の16世紀中頃には三彩や交趾焼などの技術を持った中国人陶工およびその後継者達が製陶を開始していた。