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History
Originally, Chinese braziers (760 AD) made from bronze or iron, with 3 legs. Ash in these, according to CQ82, was formed into 3 mountains, each one with one of the trigrams ☲ (fire), ☴ (wind) and ☵ (water). First ones with demon-mask design and fitting kettle imported to Japan in XIII by zen monk Nampo.
Earthenware braziers (どぶろ) appeared around XV in Murata Shukō's time, because they were more suitable to 侘茶. Famous makers were Sōshirō and Zengorō.
Palmer sketches the development roughly as matched
釜 and
風炉 being the first, some old
風炉 rusting away and thus needing a 五徳; giving the idea to develop the 眉(まゆ)shape, and then, under Dōan, doing away with that eyebrow and arriving at the 面取(めんとり)shape.
Types
The following is mostly from verdure, with some anecdotes from CQ82 and the Chanoyu Vocabulary
Earthenware
Bronze
Iron
As for ironware, some bronze ones are also made from iron; but the only 風炉 that is always strictly iron is the 窶 (やつれ), which is used in October.