Hachiman ware was made in a pottery near Toda Hachimangu Shrine in Hirose Town, Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture. It is said that Hachiman ware originated in 1723 when the Shinto priest, Takeya Buzen-no-kami, and the feudal retainer, Kumagai Yoshitake, from the Toda Hachimangu Shrine, invited a potter from Sakushu (Mimasaka Province, or the current Okayama Prefecture), and had him establish a kiln.
