It is considered to have been produced since the Kamakura period, and in the Muromachi period, tea gardens were established by the powerful military commanders of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) including the Shogun family.
鎌倉時代から生産されていたと考えられ、室町時代には将軍家をはじめ室町幕府の有力武将により茶園が設けられた。