In the end of Muromachi period, there appeared founding technicians of tea kettles and, in the Azuchi-Momoyama period, there were well-known master craftsmen such as Donin NISHIMURA and Yojiro TSUJI.
室町時代末期に専門工が出現し、安土桃山時代には西村道仁、辻与次郎等が名工として知られる。