Akira Yoshizawa, Japan's Greatest Origami Master - Featuring over 60 Models and 1000 Diagrams by the Master (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

This collection of projects by the "father of modern origami" contains detailed instructions for 60 of the master's original works. Master origami artist Akira Yoshizawa was a true innovator who played a seminal role in the rebirth of origami in the modern world. He served as a bridge between past and present--between the ancient traditional craft and the development of origami as a contemporary practice--inventing new techniques and in preserving the traditional Japanese forms. In fact, the notational system of diagrams widely used today to indicate how models are folded was developed mainly by him. Above all, Yoshizawa was responsible for elevating origami to the status of an art form. This beautiful origami book is the first comprehensive survey of the extraordinary work of Akira Yoshizawa. In addition to 60 models from his private collection, it features over 1,000 original drawings by the artist, and English translations of his writings in Japanese on origami, all of which are published here for the very first time. Origami projects include: The Koinobori and the Helmet Butterflies of Every Kind Fairy Tale Crowns and Caps The Lion Mask The Tengu Masks and much more! Akira Yoshizawa also contains an explanation of the Master's personal philosophy of origami by Yoshizawa's widow, Kiyo Yoshizawa and an insightful introduction from Robert Lang, a leading artist and exponent of origami art in the West.

General

Imprint:	Tuttle Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Akira Yoshizawa
Introduction by:	Robert J. Lang
Preface by:	Kiyo Yoshizawa
Photographers:	Kazuo Hamada
Dimensions:	315 x 242 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	191
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-4-8053-1393-0
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Paper crafts > Paper folding, origami
LSN:	4-8053-1393-5
Barcode:	9784805313930

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