Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963) was a ceramic artist. He graduated from the Department of Architecture, Design, Tokyo School of Fine Arts. In 1908 (Meiji 41), he traveled to the UK and studied at the Central School of Art in London. After returning to Japan in 1910, he formed a friendship with the British ceramic artist Bernard Leach, who was living in Japan at the time, and from then on he gradually became devoted to ceramics. In the world of crafts in the Taisho period, he devoted himself to the design and molding of white porcelain, blue and white porcelain, and overglaze porcelain, and in particular, he broke new ground in overglaze porcelain. In 1949 (Showa 24), he became a professor at Kyoto City University of Arts, and in 1980, he was recognized as a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property for overglaze porcelain. In 1986, he was awarded the Order of Culture.