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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akira Yoshizawa has received more than 223,631 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Akira Yoshizawa is the 31st most popular artist, the 293rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 215th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Artist.

Akira Yoshizawa is most famous for his origami creations.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 31 out of 125. Before him are Banksy, Ai Weiwei, Émile Gallé, Edward Burne-Jones, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Ulay. After him are Bernt Notke, Méret Oppenheim, André Charles Boulle, Barnett Newman, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Marcel Janco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 62. Before him are Eduardo Frei Montalva, Alfred Naujocks, Karel Čurda, Qian Xuesen, Bernard Herrmann, and Lee Yoo-hyung. After him are Nicholas Ray, Dieter Wisliceny, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Lina Heydrich, Karl Silberbauer, and Alfonso García Robles. Among people deceased in 2005, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 52. Before him are Emmanuelle Arsan, Ibrahim Ferrer, Consuelo Velázquez, Victoria de los Ángeles, William Westmoreland, and Robert Wise. After him are Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Robert Sheckley, Peter Benenson, Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Smalley, and Carlo Maria Giulini.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 293 out of 6,245. Before him are Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Emperor Bidatsu (538), Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), and Ichiyō Higuchi (1872). After him are Naoki Urasawa (1960), Emperor Yūryaku (418), Akira Nozawa (1914), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Kunitaka Sueoka (1917), and Maeda Toshiie (1538).

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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 Hasui Kawase (1883), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), and Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993).

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