The shogi piece industry in Tendō began to be promoted by the Tendō Oda domain during the Edo period.

Shogi piece making is said to have started as a side job for lower-ranking samurai. Amid the Tendō Oda domain's strained finances, these samurai struggled with poverty and supplemented their household income through side work. Shogi piece production was one such endeavor.

It is said that Yoshida Daihachi, then a senior retainer of the Oda domain and later known as a loyalist samurai, encouraged domain samurai who could not live on their stipends alone to make shogi pieces. Other council members opposed samurai engaging in manual crafts.

However, Yoshida Daihachi believed that shogi was connected to military strategy and tactics. He argued that playing the game or making the pieces did not dishonor the samurai. He is said to have widely introduced the manufacturing techniques.

Today, this history continues unbroken. Shogi pieces are synonymous with Tendo, and Tendo is synonymous with shogi pieces, beloved by all.