Sakaida Kakiemon is said to have learned the enamel porcelain technique from a Chinese artisan in Nagasaki in 1643.

[3][4] In the Arita dialect, nigoshi describes the water used to wash rice, thereby referring to the translucent white of nigoshide.

[3] Kakiemon ware was extensively exported to Europe by the Dutch, until the Chinese industry was reestablished with the stabilization of the Qing dynasty, and the Dutch then shifted their orders to China, which started to manufacture imitations of the Japanese ware, known as "Chinese Imari".

[3] A contributing factor was the extremely low percentage of achieving perfect results with nigoshide.

The current head Sakaida Kakiemon XV is his son and works at the family kiln in Arita, Saga Prefecture.