Ushinoto ware is pottery made in Kawahara Town, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Ushinoto ware was founded by Kanekawa Toshichi (born in Tottori) between 1830-1844. In 1837, the Kobayashi Umegoro family, who came from Iwami, Gotsu Town, Shimane Prefecture, succeeded Ushinoto ware. They established an Ushinoto kiln in Ushinoto, Kawahara Town, Tottori Prefecture.
After that, the Ushinoto kiln was succeeded by Kobayashi Kumasaburo, the second-generation head, and Kobayashi Hidenosuke, the third-generation head. They mainly produced everyday pottery (water pots, sake bottles, mortars and pestles). However, their business gradually declined, and it became difficult to continue in the era of the fourth-generation head, Hideharu.
In 1931, the fourth-generation head, Kobayashi Hideharu (died in 1979) was able to be part of the Shinsaku Mingei, with encouragement and guidance from Yoshida Shoya, Yanagi Muneyoshi, Bernard Leach, Kawai Kanjiro, and Hamada Shoji.
