Yoshimichi Fujimoto
Born in 1919. Died in 1992. Born in Tokyo. Graduated from the Department of Design, Crafts, Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Studied under Tomimoto Kenkichi and Kato Hashimoe at the Ministry of Education's Crafts Technology Training Institute. After the war, he participated in the Shinsho Bijutsu Kogei Kai, Sodeisha, and Modern Art Association. He began producing akae again in the late 1950s. He joined the association after his first submission to the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 1964. In 1970, he became a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1986, he became the university's president. In 1986, he was recognized as a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property (Living National Treasure) for "colored porcelain."