FOUNDER OF ORIGAMI
Akira Yoshizawa (1911-2005) considered to be the grandmaster of origami for developing origami as a creative art and creating many new folding styles.
The modern growth of interest in origami dates to the design in 1954 by Akira Yoshizawa of a notation to indicate how to fold origami models. The Yoshizawa-Randlett system is now used internationally. The first known origami social group was founded in Zaragoza, Spain, during the 1940s.
Ihara Saikaku from 1680, which describes the origami butterflies used during Shinto weddings to represent the bride and groom, indicates that origami had become a significant aspect of Japanese ceremony by the Heian period (794–1185).
In 1797 the first known origami book was published in Japan: Senbazuru orikata. There are several origami stories in Japanese culture, such as a story of Abe no Seimei making a paper bird and turning it into a real one.
- photo of Akira Yoshizawa
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