Ohi-yaki ware was established in 1666 in Ohi Village, Kanazawa by the 1st Ohi Chozaemon (1631-1712) who had been the chief apprentice for the Raku family in Kyoto. Using local clay from Ohi Village, Chozaemon began producing wears using an amber glaze which was presented to him by the Raku family to use exclusively for this new type of tea ware. This combination of Ohi clay, the amber glaze and hand-crafted wares was then passed down through proceeding generations as the tradition of Ohi-yaki ware.

For another amber-glaze Ohi teabowl in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum number
249-1877, go to: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O437398/tea-bowl-ohi/