白蓝云天 发表于 2017-1-1 17:24:22
ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:49:10
If you are interested in the history of paper folding, there's no doubt that Akira Yoshizawa is a name to remember.ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:50:54
While no single person can be credited with "inventing" origami, Akira Yoshizawa is widely recognized for his work in raising origami from a craft to a living art form.ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:52:29
For this reason, he is often referred to as either the "grandmaster of origami" or the "father of origami."ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:52:54
Akira Yoshizawa was born on March 14, 1911.ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:53:24
His parents were dairy farmers, but he moved to Tokyo when he was just 13 years old to take a job in a factory.ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:54:09
When he was in his early 20s, he was promoted from his factory worker position to a job as a technical draftsman.ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:54:40
As part of his duties, he was responsible for teaching new employees basic geometry.ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:54:57
He decided to use origami, which he had learned as a child, as a teaching tool to make these lessons easier to understand.ecstu 发表于 2017-10-11 18:55:23
In 1937, Akira Yoshizawa quit his factory job to practice origami on a full-time basis.