Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Akira Yoshizawa 101st Birthday Origami Art by Robert Lang

Today is 101st Birthday of Akira Yoshizawa, Google Homepage commemorate with a Doodle.

Akira Yoshizawa was 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 diagrammed in his 18 books. Yoshizawa acted as an international cultural ambassador for Japan throughout his career.

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