Uradomeyaki/Uradomeyaki

In Iwami District, Tottori Prefecture, at the end of the Edo period, Izushiyaki craftsmen built a kiln for dyed porcelain using soil from the Uradome coast. Dyed everyday utensils were fired for more than ten years until the feudal domain was abolished due to the Meiji Restoration, and in 1971, Mr. Sekio Yamashita and Mr. Kiyoshi Yamashita (currently at Engoji Kiln) revived it and named it ``Uradomi Ware.'' , created ``Yukihakuji'', a white porcelain with a soft, slightly bluish tone. Since 2008, Mr. Toshiyuki Hirata has inherited the pottery.