Although it is not known whether it was a tsuboyaki, it is said that the characters '焼栄螺' (burnt turbo) appeared on the menu card of a banquet hosted by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI when he invited Emperor Goyozei to his Jurakudai residence in 1588.
壺焼きであったかどうかは不明だが、1588年に豊臣秀吉が後陽成天皇を聚楽第に招いた際の献立の中に「焼栄螺」の文字を見ることができるという。