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Glazed in two colours split on the diagonal; Yanagi found it and made it a standard-bearer of the mingei movement.
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Ushinoto-yaki is pottery fired in Kawaharacho, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture. The kiln was opened in the Tenpo era by Kanekawa Toshichi, a potter of Inaba. It was later inherited by Kobayashi Umegoro. After that, for two and three generations, it fired daily utensils such as sake flasks and mortars. In 1931, the fourth head, Kobayashi Hideharu, received guidance from the folk craft movement figure Yoshida Shoya and created the green and black dyed-division plates that represent Tottori new folk crafts. He also received encouragement and guidance from Yanagi Muneyoshi, Bernard Leach and others.
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Founded / opened：1830s Highlights / collection：Green and black split glaze, Reappraised within the Mingei movement Genre：Crafts and ceramics, Mingei (folk crafts)
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