BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTE: entries are arranged chronologically.

Atarashii origami geijutsu: Sakuhin to orikata dai isshu [Works and Folding Techniques: new Origami Art, vol. 1], Origami geijutsusha, 1954.

Origami dokuhon [Origami Reader], Ryokuchisha, 1957.

Origami tehon [Origami Handbook], Froebel-kan Co. Ltd., 1962.

Tanoshii origami [Joyful Origami], Froebel kan Co. Ltd., 1963; kamakura shobo, 1978.

Origami ehon [Origami picture Book], Froebel kan Co. Ltd. 1963; kamakura shobo, 1978,

Origami dokuhon I [Origami Anthology, vol. 1], kamakura shobo, 1967 (republished in larger format with color plates from the original edition of Origami dokuhon, Ryokuchisha, 1957) and 1973.

Creative Origami, kamakura shobo, ca. 1967 (english edition of Origami dokuhon I, kamakura shobo, 1967).

Origami Volume 1. Fun with Paper Folding, Froebel kan Co. Ltd., 1969 (english edition of Tanoshii origami, Froebel kan Co. Ltd., 1963).

Origami Volume 2. Fun with Paper Folding, Froebel kan Co. Ltd., 1969 (english edition of Origami ehon, Froebel kan Co. Ltd., 1963).

Utsukushii origami [Beautiful Origami], kamakura shobo, 1974; nyusaiensusha, 2013.

Yasashii origami [easy Origami], kamakura shobo, 1978; nyusaiensusha, 2005.

Origami hakubutsushi I [Origami Museum, vol. 1], Dobutsu no iroiro [Animals], kamakura shobo, 1979.

Origami hakubutsushi II [Origami Museum, vol. 2], kisetsu to gyoji [Seasons and Traditional Japanese events], kamakura shobo 1979

Haha to ko no tanoshii origami [Joyful Origami for Mother and Child], Uchi no hikari kyokai, 1979.

Sosaku origami [Creative Origami], nippon hoso kyokai, 1984.

Yoshizawa Akira no tanoshii origami [The Joy of Akira Yoshizawa’s Origami], Shufunotomo, 1985 (to be distinguished from other volumes by Akira Yoshizawa with the title Tanoshii origami; this book is also known as the “koala Book” and an origami koala bear and cub appear on its cover).

Origami dokuhon II [Origami Anthology, vol. 2], kamakura shobo, 1986; nyusaiensusha, 1998.

Origami Museum, kamakura shobo 1987 (english edition of Origami hakubutsushi I, kamakura shobo, 1979, with an introduction by Lillian Oppenheimer and a brief biographical sketch of Akira Yoshizawa).

Inochi yutaka no origami: sosaku origami sakuhinshu [Origami Full of Life: A Collection of Creative Origami], Sojusha Inc., 1996.

Akira Yoshizawa—ORIGAMI (exhibition catalogue), Asahi shinbun, 1999.

Origami sono uchu—Yoshizawa Akira. Kami, yadoru te [The Universe of Origami—Akira Yoshizawa. The Hands Where god Resides], kinokuniya shoten, 1997 (VHS) and 2007 (dVd).

Commemorative Exhibitions
Since Akira Yoshizawa’s death, his works have been exhibited in various museums around the world, including:

Salzburg, Austria, 2005
Exhibition space inside Yūrindō Bookstore, Yokohama, 2006.
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Haifa, Israel, 2007–8.
Tamozawa goyotei, Nikko, 2008.
Sano Art Museum, Mishima, 2008, 2014.
Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2011 (on the centennial of his birth).
Kaminokawa, Tochigi province, 2011 (on the centennial of his birth).
Escuela Museo Origami Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, 2014.

Origami penguins displayed at the exhibition Akira Yoshizawa: The World of Creative Origami, Sano Art Museum, Mishima, 2014. (See also front endpaper.)