About Mino Hibino Ceramic

They also excel at making tableware that matches the ever-evolving dining scene by accurately responding to the needs of their customers through a multifaceted understanding of the latest trends.

Many top hotels and restaurants in Japan praise their tableware and use it for a long time.

Their tableware aims to enrich the dining experience of foodies around the world by generously incorporating traditional and high quality Japanese ceramic manufacturing techniques.

History of Mino ware

Mino ceramics have a 1,300-year history, with hard Sueki earthenware being fired in anagama kilns, an ancient style of mountainside kilns, during the late Kofun period of the 7th century in the Tono area of Gifu Prefecture.

For centuries, Mino has been a center of ceramic manufacturing. It began producing high-fired Sue ware in the seventh century and yamajawan wares for everyday use between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries.

Many popular pieces were being manufactured in Mino by the Momoyama era in the latter half of the sixteenth century. Since 1868, potters have been able to paint Mino ware with imported coloring pigments. New painting techniques for Mino ware, such as transfer printing and screen printing, were developed, and production expanded in scale. In 1978, Mino ware was designated as a traditional Japanese craft as a result of all of this development. Mino ware is the most widely made pottery in Japan today, accounting for more than 60% of all traditional Japanese tableware.