At first most pieces of Kuniyaki chaire were Seto-yaki (Seto ware), made in imitation of karamono (such pieces are specially called "huru-seto" (old Seto ware)) but during the Edo period Japan's original type of chaire was created under the coaching of Enshu KOBORI.
当初は瀬戸焼を中心にして唐物を模倣して作られていたが（特に「古瀬戸」（ふるせと）と呼ぶ）、江戸時代になると小堀遠州などの指導で日本独自の形式が生み出されるようになった。