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Ogata Kenzan (尾形 乾山, Ogata Kenzan? 1663–1743), originally Ogata Shinsei (尾形 深省, Ogata Shinsei?), and also known by the pseudonym Shisui, was a Japanese potter and painter, a younger brother of Ogata Korin. He was born in Kyoto in a rich marchant family and died in Edo (now Tokyo). He had learned after the famous potter NONOMURA NINNSEI and made his own kiln. Since in 1712 a nobleman patronized his kiln, he moved his kiln to east area of Kyoto. He was one of the greatest ceramicists of the Tokugawa era. In 1713, He moved to Edo.
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