AKIRA YOSHIZAWA
(1911 - Mar. 14, 2005)
authored more than 25 books, beginning in 1957, and is an important pivotal artist in the field of Origami. He is largely responsible for the system of symbols and methods of illustrating folds that we use today. He is also the inventor of wet-folding origami models in order to create more life-like models, and championed creative folding his entire life. He was an early powerful influence on many origami masters of today.
His books have been translated into English, French and Italian.
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Bibliography Entries
Atarashii origami geijutsu: Sakuhin to orikata dai isshu(Works and Folding Techniques: New Origami Art, vol. 1),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1954)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Origami geijutsusha, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami dokuhan(Origami Reader),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1957)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Ryokuchisha, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami tehon(Origami Handbook),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1962)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Froebel-Kan Co., Ltd., ???; ISBN: None;
The models in this book are: ...
Tanoshi Origami(Joyful Origami), Vol. 1,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1963)
Notes: 24 pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Froebel-Kan Co., Ltd., ???; ISBN: None;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami ehon(Origami Picture Book), Volume 1,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1963)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Froebel Kan Co., Ltd., ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami dokuhan I(Origami Anthology, vol. 1),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1967)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Creative Origami,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1967)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: English; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakur shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
English edition of "Origami dokuhan"(1967); The models in this book are: ...
Origami Volume 1: Fun with Paper Folding,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1969)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: English; Country: JPN; Publisher: Froebel Kan Co. Ltd., ???; ISBN: *****;
English edition of "Tanoshii origami"(1963); The models in this book are: ...
Origami Volume 2: Fun with Paper Folding,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1969)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: English; Country: JPN; Publisher: Froebel Kan Co. Ltd., ???; ISBN: *****;
English edition of "Origami ehon"(1963); The models in this book are: ...
Origami dokuhan I(Origami Anthology, vol. 1),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1973)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
Republished in a larger format, color plates added from the original 1957 edition; The models in this book are: ...
Utsukushii origami(Beautiful Origami),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1974)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Yasashii origami(Easy Origami),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1978)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Tanoshi Origami(Joyful Origami), Vol. 2,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1978)
Notes: * pages/Vol.; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: None;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami ehon(Origami Picture Book), Volume 2,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1978)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami hakubutsushi I: Dobutsu no iroiro(Origami Museum I: Animals),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1979)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami hakubutshushi II: Kisetsu to gyoji(Origami Museum II: Seasons and Traditional Japanese Events),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1979)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Haha to ko no tanoshii origami(Joyful Origami for Mother and Child),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1979)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Uchi no hikari kyokai, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Sosaku origami(Creative origami),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1984)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Nippon hoso kyokai, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Yoshizawa Akira no tanoshii origami(The Joy of Akira Yoshizawa's Origami),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1985)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Shufunotomo, ???; ISBN: *****;
(also known as the Koala book because of the Koala on the cover); The models in this book are: ...
Origami dokuhon II(Origami Anthology, Vol. 2),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1986)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami Museum,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1987)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: English; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kamakura shobo, ???; ISBN: *****;
English edition of "Origami hakubutsushi I"(1979) with a new introduction by Lillian Oppenheimer and a brief bio on Mr. Yoshizawa; The models in this book are: ...
Inochi yutaka no origami: sosaku origami sakuhinshu(Origami Full of Life: A Collection of Creative Origami),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1996)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Sojusha, Inc., ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami sono ushu- Yoshizawa Akira, Kami, yadoru te(The Universe of Origami- Akira Yoshizawa, The Hands Where God Resides),
by Akira Yoshizawa (VHS:1997;DVD:2007)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Kinokuniya shoten, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Origami dokuhon II(Origami Anthology, Vol. 2),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1998)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Nyusaiensusha, ???; ISBN: *****;
Reprinted; The models in this book are: ...
Akira Yoshizawa - Origami,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:1999)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Asahi shinbun, ???; ISBN: *****;
This was an exhibition catalog; The models in this book are: ...
Yasashii origami(Easy Origami),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:2005)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Nyusaiensusha, ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
Masters of Origami at Hangar 7: The Art of Paperfolding,
by Hatje Cantz, Koshiro Hatori, Paul Jackson (HC:2005)
Notes: 164 pages; Country: GER; Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany; ISBN: 3775716289;
Articles by: David Lister, Koshiro Hatori, Michael LaFosse, Richard L. Alexander, Robert J. Lang, Paul Jackson; This is a gallery book for these artists: Dino Andreozzi, Bennett Arnstein, Jonathan Baxter, Ruthanne Bessman, David Brill, Peter Budai, Krystyna Burczyk, Jean Claude Correia, Giang Dinh, Vincent Floderer, Peter Paul Forcher, Kawahata Fumiaki, Nathan M. Geller, Alfredo Giunta, Gay Merrill Gross, Rona Gurkewitz, Ian Harrison, Eric Joisel, Satoshi Kamiya, Saburo Kase, Toshikashu Kawasaki, Marc Kirschenbaum, Hideo Komatsu, Laura Kruskal, Jason Ku, Jun Maekawa, Linda Mihara, Koryu Miura, David Mitchell, Noboru Miyajima, Wilhelm Möller, Mark Morden, Paulo Mulatinho, Noriko Nagata, Susumu Nakajima, Nick Robinson, Heinz Strobl, Hojyo Takashi, Masashi Tanaka, Florence Temko, Arnold Tubis, Herman Van Goubergen, Stefan Weber, Stephen Weiss, Joseph Wu, Makoto Yamaguchi, Akira Yoshizawa...
Utsukushii origami(Beautiful Origami),
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:2013)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: Nyusaiensusha, ???; ISBN: *****;
Reprint; The models in this book are: ...
Akira Yoshizawa: Japan's Greatest Origami Master,
by Kiyo Yoshizawa (HC:2016)
Notes: 192 pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: USA; Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Rutland, VT; ISBN: 9784805313930;
The models in this book are: ...
Title*,
by Akira Yoshizawa (TPB:****)
Notes: ?? pages; Lang: Japanese; Country: JPN; Publisher: ???; ISBN: *****;
The models in this book are: ...
