In the beginning, the temari ball was made by winding thread around a core; and at the end of the 16th century, cotton was used to create a spherical object with higher elasticity.
当初は、芯に糸を巻いただけの物であったが、16世紀末頃より、芯にぜんまい綿などを巻き弾性の高い球体を作った。