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AKIRA YOSH IZAWA BIOGRAPHY

1911 Born in Kaminokawa, Tochigi province, in central Japan. Nurtures a great passion for origami even as a child.

1926 age 15 Receives a degree from the Taimei Technical Institute in Tokyo.

1938 age 27 Begins studying origami on a regular basis while working in an engineering factory.

1950 age 39 Holds a course in creative educational origami for teachers at the request of the Teachers Association of Tochigi province.

1954 age 43 Participates in the seminar “The Arts and Crafts in General Education and Community Life” organized by UNESCO in Tokyo. Publishes Atarashii origami geijutsu [New Origami Art]. Establishes the International Origami Center while actively devoting himself to disseminating the art of origami in Japan and abroad and promoting exchange among aficionados.

1955 age 44 His one-man show at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum catches the attention of the entire world through the novelty of his creative approach. From now on, he is often the leading figure in exhibitions, both at home and abroad.

1957 age 46 Publishes Origami dokuhon [Origami Reader]. Describes his method for the “One thousand origami cranes” (Senbazuru origami) in a text that receives wide recognition.

1959 age 48 Holds an exhibition at the Cooper Union Museum in New York. Thanks to this exhibition, which traveled to various states within the US, Yoshihara’s knowledge of origami is disseminated.

1963 age 52 Publishes Tanoshii origami [Joyful Origami] for which he is awarded the Mainichi Prize for Culture.

1964 age 53 Discovers the original manuscript of the long sought-after ancient origami text Naniyaragusa (a title based on a reading of the Japanese ideograms although various encyclopaedias refer to it as Kayaragusa) for the Osaka research department of the Asahi shinbun newspaper.

1966 age 55 Is invited by the Japanese Ministry of Culture to teach origami in Oceania and eight European countries, including, in 1968, Italy and Switzerland.

1971 age 60 Receives the ExxonMobil Children’s Culture Award.

1972 age 61 At the request of the Japan Foundation, visits and holds conferences as well as exhibitions of his works in Europe and dozens of other countries around the world.

1974 age 63 Publishes Utsukushii Origami [Beautiful Origami].

1983 age 72 Is conferred the Order of the Rising Sun (5th Class) by the Japanese government in the name of the Emperor for his contribution to the spread of Japanese culture through origami.

1984 age 73 Publishes Sōsaku origami [Creative Origami]

with the Nippon hōsō shuppan kyōkai newspaper. Holds the exhibition “Japanese Origami” sponsored by the Asahi shinbun newspaper at l’Espace Cardin in Paris. Is invited to participate in the “Phenomena” show in Zurich, Switzerland. The Parisian exhibition, once again sponsored by the Asahi shinbun newspaper, moves to Tokyo, where it is hosted by the Matsuya Ginza department store under the title “Creative Origami.”

1986 age 75 Receives the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prize for his work promoting knowledge of Japanese culture through origami.

1987 age 76 Works actively in Hangzhou, China, on spreading the art of creative origami. Holds an exhibition in Italy at the invitation of the municipality of Milan, and a one-man show and conference at the Japanese Institute of Culture in Rome.

1989 age 78 Participates in an exhibition and conference entitled “Origami from all over the world” in Peru.

1990 age 79 Holds a conference on “Creative Origami” at the Matsuya Ginza department store in Tokyo.

Origami crabs displayed at the exhibition Akira Yoshizawa: The World of Creative Origami, Sano Art Museum, Mishima, 2014.

1991 age 80 Holds an exhibition entitled “Origami Art: Masks” in Tokyo.

1992 age 81 Is commissioned by the Japanese government to make an origami set “Four Seasons in Japan” for the Japanese pavilion at the Seville Expo in Spain, simultaneously exhibited at the International Exposition in Genoa.

1993 age 82 Is invited to the music festival of the people of Paris and St. Florentine, France, where he holds a special exhibition.

1994 age 83 Participates in two exhibitions in conjunction with a conference in the United States.

1995 age 84 Holds a show in the exhibition space inside Yūrindō, a large bookstore in Yokohama. Along with other members of the Nippon (Japan) Origami Association, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the International Origami Center with a group show at the Nerima Art Museum in Tokyo. Participates in three exhibitions and a conference in Germany.

1996 age 85 Publishes Inochi yutaka no origami: sosaku origami sakuhinshu [Origami Full of Life: A Collection of Creative Origami]. Holds exhibitions and conferences until 1998 in various cities, including at the British Origami Society in England, at the Mouvement Français des Plieurs de Papier in Paris, and in Germany, Spain and the United States.

1999 age 88 To celebrate his 88th birthday, a special exhibition is sponsored by the Asahi shinbun newspaper at the Matsuya Ginza department store in Sapporo, at the Marui Imai store in Kyoto, and at the Takashimaya and Maruhiro stores in Kawagoe, Saitama province.

2000 age 89 Is sent by the Japan Foundation to Oman where he holds an exhibition, conferences and demonstrations. Tokyo’s Paper Museum hosts “The Creative Origami of Akira Yoshizawa” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Japan Foundation.

2001 age 90 Participates in the exhibition “On Paper, New Paper Art” in London. “The Creative Origami of Akira Yoshizawa” moves to the Ikeda Public Museum of Art, Nagano province.

2002 age 91 The exhibition “Akira Yoshizawa: The World of Creative Origami” opens at the Sano Art Museum in Mishima, Shizuoka province.

2003 age 92 The Yūrindō bookstore in Yokohama opens Yoshizawa’s 10th exhibition. “The Creative Origami of Akira Yoshizawa” exhibition is hosted in Tochigi province, Yoshizawa’s birthplace. The Mingei International Museum of San Diego invites him to participate in the exhibition “Origami Masterworks.”

2004 age 93 Long-lost works displayed at his one-man show at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum in 1955 are recovered by various means.

2005 age 94 Yoshizawa dies on March 14th. His works occupy a place of honor in the exhibition “Masters of Origami” held in Salzburg, Austria. The Paper Museum in Tokyo hosts the exhibition “The Rediscovered Origami: The Work of Akira Yoshizawa from Its Beginnings until Today.”

2006 An exhibition is held in the exhibition space inside Yūrindō in Yokohama.

2008 The exhibition “The Origami of Akira Yoshizawa” is held at the exhibition space of Itoya in Ginza, Tokyo. The exhibition “Akira Yoshizawa: The World of Creative Origami” returns to the Sano Art Museum. An exhibition also takes place in Tamozawa Goyōtei Hall in Tochigi province.

2010 An exhibition bringing together a hundred of the Master’s works is held in his birthplace, Kaminokawa, Tochigi province.