A drum type washing machine comprising: a washing tub, a rotary drum for containing a laundry in an inside thereof, the rotary drum being formed in a cylindrical shape having a bottom, being installed in the washing tub so that the direction of a rotation shaft thereof is set to be horizontal or inclined downward from the horizontal direction from an opened front side to a back side at the bottom, a motor configured to drive the rotary drum, and a controller configured to control at least the motor, and execute at least a washing step and a rinsing step, wherein the controller controls a series of operation in a normal and reverse pivot drive mode as follows: the motor is driven at a change rate so that the laundry is stuck to an inner circumference of the rotary drum by a centrifugal force, and the laundry is lifted from a lowest position of the rotary drum, characterized in that the pivot in the pivot drive mode is a rotary motion smaller than one revolution, wherein at a first position of 0 degree which is the lowest position of the rotary drum, the washing machine is stopped, then the rotary drum is configured to pivot at high speed beyond a second position of 90 degrees to a third position of less than 180 degrees and then the controller is configured to brake the motor at a change rate so that the laundry is peeled off from the inner circumference of the rotary drum, and is dropped to a side opposite a lifting side in the rotary drum, and the controller executes the normal and reverse pivot drive mode by repeating normal and reverse rotation alternately, at least in part of at least one of the washing step and the rinsing step. a washing tub, a rotary drum for containing a laundry in an inside thereof, the rotary drum being formed in a cylindrical shape having a bottom, being installed in the washing tub so that the direction of a rotation shaft thereof is set to be horizontal or inclined downward from the horizontal direction from an opened front side to a back side at the bottom, a motor configured to drive the rotary drum, and a controller configured to control at least the motor, and execute at least a washing step and a rinsing step, wherein the controller controls a series of operation in a normal and reverse pivot drive mode as follows: the motor is driven at a change rate so that the laundry is stuck to an inner circumference of the rotary drum by a centrifugal force, and the laundry is lifted from a lowest position of the rotary drum, characterized in that the pivot in the pivot drive mode is a rotary motion smaller than one revolution, wherein at a first position of 0 degree which is the lowest position of the rotary drum, the washing machine is stopped, then the rotary drum is configured to pivot at high speed beyond a second position of 90 degrees to a third position of less than 180 degrees and then the controller is configured to brake the motor at a change rate so that the laundry is peeled off from the inner circumference of the rotary drum, and is dropped to a side opposite a lifting side in the rotary drum, and the controller executes the normal and reverse pivot drive mode by repeating normal and reverse rotation alternately, at least in part of at least one of the washing step and the rinsing step. the motor is driven at a change rate so that the laundry is stuck to an inner circumference of the rotary drum by a centrifugal force, and the laundry is lifted from a lowest position of the rotary drum, characterized in that the pivot in the pivot drive mode is a rotary motion smaller than one revolution, wherein at a first position of 0 degree which is the lowest position of the rotary drum, the washing machine is stopped, then the rotary drum is configured to pivot at high speed beyond a second position of 90 degrees to a third position of less than 180 degrees and then the controller is configured to brake the motor at a change rate so that the laundry is peeled off from the inner circumference of the rotary drum, and is dropped to a side opposite a lifting side in the rotary drum, and the controller executes the normal and reverse pivot drive mode by repeating normal and reverse rotation alternately, at least in part of at least one of the washing step and the rinsing step.