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Akira Yoshizawa

1911 - 2005

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Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤 章, Yoshizawa Akira; 14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005) 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. Yoshizawa acted as an international cultural ambassador for Japan throughout his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Yoshizawa is the 24th most popular artist (up from 31st in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Japan (up from 293rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Artist.

Akira Yoshizawa is most famous for his origami creations.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 24 out of 125. Before him are Anders Zorn, Roy Lichtenstein, Adolph Menzel, David Hockney, Keith Haring, and Kurt Schwitters. After him are Banksy, Josef Albers, Émile Gallé, Onfim, Edward Burne-Jones, and Ai Weiwei.

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Among people born in 1911, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 50. Before him are Jean Harlow, Joseph Barbera, John Archibald Wheeler, L. Ron Hubbard, Ginger Rogers, and Samuel Reshevsky. After him are Bernard Katz, Ernesto Sabato, Herta Oberheuser, J. L. Austin, Gustav Wagner, and Bruno Kreisky. Among people deceased in 2005, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 39. Before him are Milton Obote, Maria Schell, Philip Johnson, James Callaghan, Max Schmeling, and George F. Kennan. After him are Moustapha Akkad, Birgit Nilsson, Mary Jackson, Brother Roger, John Fowles, and Gnassingbé Eyadéma.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 181 out of 6,245. Before him are Fujiko Fujio (1934), Fumimaro Konoe (1891), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Yasuo Suzuki (1913), and Emperor Kōgen (-272). After him are Emperor Tenji (626), Okita Sōji (1842), Iwane Matsui (1878), Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), and Emperor Ōjin (210).

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Among ARTISTS In Japan

Among artists born in Japan, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 4. Before him are Hokusai (1760), Yoko Ono (1933), and Hiroshige (1797). After him are Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Hasui Kawase (1883), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), and Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993).

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