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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 209,497 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Yoshizawa is the 31st most popular artist (down from 28th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Japan (down from 150th 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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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 31 out of 78. Before him are Banksy, Émile Gallé, Jeff Koons, Ulay, Edward Burne-Jones, and Ai Weiwei. After him are Barnett Newman, Méret Oppenheim, Bernt Notke, André Charles Boulle, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 59. Before him are Karl Silberbauer, Alfred Naujocks, Nicholas Ray, Klaus Fuchs, Lucille Ball, and Gustav Wagner. After him are Feodor Lynen, Karel Čurda, Bernard Herrmann, Dieter Wisliceny, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, and Eduardo Frei Montalva. Among people deceased in 2005, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 49. Before him are John Fowles, Hunter S. Thompson, Wim Duisenberg, Peter Benenson, Mary Jackson, and Consuelo Velázquez. After him are Ephraim Kishon, Rosemary Kennedy, Emmanuelle Arsan, John DeLorean, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Gnassingbé Eyadéma.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Yoshizawa ranks 216 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Ankō (401), Okita Sōji (1842), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), and Sada Abe (1905). After him are Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Emperor Ninken (449), Antonio Inoki (1943), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), and Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853).

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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) and Yoshitomo Nara (1959).

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