Tuttle had these two books translated into English, combined them with extra contents into this magnificent book. Unaccustomed to sitting back on my heels, I somehow managed to fold up my western legs into a reasonably comfortable position which I was just able to maintain.

Each meeting gave me an opportunity to see a small display of his work and also to interview him in my effort to obtain information about his life-story and how he came to be a paperfolder. Afterwards we were taken to other parts of the complex, including a large library in the basement and a "mausoleum" room, lined with stepped shelves where tokens and mementoes of deceased persons could be kept and where they could be remembered. My absolute favorite, which was also what I had seen in person at the museum, is Yoshizawa’s self-portrait in origami. Nui Nui are to be congratulated, not least for preparing this book with the full co-operation of Kiyo Yoshizawa, a feat that speaks volumes for their professionalism.Whereas his early models often had split backs, he quickly discovered how to fold his animals with rounded, closed backs. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, catalogues issued by Japan Trading Publications Ltd (who distributed Japanese books in the West) included an announcement of a new book by Yoshizawa to be named “The Joy of Origami”. Yoshizawa's first introduction to the Japanese public was in the Japanese picture magazine Asahi Graf for January 1952, in which he presented a series of figures of the Japanese Zodiac. Master Yoshizawa often leaves room for interpretation in the instructions so the folder is not bound by artificial landmarks.

Born the 14th of March in Kaminokawa, prefecture of Tochigi (Tochigi-Ken) not far from Tokyo (Japan), in a farmer family. They have been a favourite subject of Yoshizawa for many years and he has published several diagrams for them in his books.Great repercussion of the article in Japan (is one of the ways that Legman finally meets Yoshizawa). When I first got the book, I flipped through every page, stared at every photo and read all the texts.

Nevertheless, it may have appeared in a different form as one of Yoshizawa’s later books included in this list. He served as a bridge between past and present-between the ancient traditional craft and the development of origami as a modern practice-in terms of inventing new techniques and in preserving the traditional Japanese forms. These provided him with an adequate number of "points" and freed him from having to use two squares of paper for his animals. He has won the 21st Japan's Advertising Photographers' Association Award (APA) and other important prizes. Gershon Legman (1917-1999) dedicated part of his life studying the tendencies and history of origami (the first origami historian) and made the first international origami bibliographic list, Bibliography of Paperfolding.Buddhism and Shinto have different historical origins, but they co-exist and most Japanese people adhere to both religions. This beautiful origami book is the first comprehensive survey of the extraordinary work of Akira Yoshizawa. Projects include: The Koinobori and the Helmet, Butterflies of Every Kind, Fairy Tale Crowns and Caps, Lion Mask, Tengu Masks, and many more.

After her husband's death she worked on preserving and disseminating his legacy throughout the world, directing and supporting the International Origami Centre with her constant activity, and passing down the artist's original techniques, including wetfolding, one of his inventions. After her husband's death, she worked on preserving and disseminating his legacy throughout the world, directing and supporting the International Origami Centre with her constant activity, and passing down the artist's original techniques, including wetfolding, one of his inventions. The translation of the title “Inochi Yutaka Na Origami” into English is not easy and has been variously given as “Life-enhancing Origami” or “Life-Affluent Origami” or “Full-of-Life Origami”.Note that Origami Hakabutsushi 2 has apparently never been published in an English- language edition. I tried one from this section and even with my knowledge of origami and geometry I found the instructions a bit difficult to follow. This book might also inspire the reader to go and try to learn more about origami, either about its history, or more about how to make more. Yoshizawa was full of life and we took the usual group photographs, exchanging cameras so that everyone would have a record of the occasion. Eduardo Galvez, from Grupo Zaragozano, appreciates to Yoshizawa his collaboration and sends him ten models of the GZ.