Throughout the history of Japanese arts and crafts, Jomon pottery is well known for its bold and vigorous shape, which is obviously different from the exquisite and delicate works that gradually reflect the Japanese nationality. Japanese archaeologists begin to excavate Jomon pottery in Meiji period. However, the discovery of the beauty of the Jomon pottery is revealed by the literary and art circles led by the artist Okamoto after World War II, which makes the ordinary people have a new understanding of these earthen artifacts that have been sleeping for thousands of years. The work aims to elaborate the background and process of the discovery of the beauty of Jomon pottery and explore how the modern value of tradition is stimulated.