Akira Yoshizawa
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| Death | 19 years ago |
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| Date of birth | March 14,1911 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Kaminokawa |
| Tochigi | |
| Japan | |
| Date of died | March 14,2005 |
| Died | Ogikubo |
| Tokyo | |
| Japan | |
| Spouse | Kiyo Yoshizawa |
| Known for | Origami |
| Job | Visual artist |
| Books | Origami Museum I: Animals |
| Origami d'exception | |
| Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulent Flows: Modelling and Statistical Theory | |
| Akira Yoshizawa, Japan's Greatest Origami Master: Featuring Over 60 Models and 1000 Diagrams by the Master | |
| Awards | Order of the Rising Sun |
| Movies/Shows | Between the Folds |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Knighted date | 1983 |
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| ID | 641813 |
Akira Yoshizawa Life story
Akira Yoshizawa was a Japanese origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living art. According to his own estimation made in 1989, he created more than 50,000 models, of which only a few hundred designs were presented as diagrams in his 18 books.
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