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Akira Yoshizawa poses with some of his creations.

communicated the instructions for his designs. He first published these
instructions in his 1954 book Atarashii Origami Geijutsu. This system
allowed anyone to create origami. They did not need to be able to read
Japanese. Western origami authors adopted Yoshizawa’s language in
their own books, and it became the standard way to show others how
to make a piece of origami. Because of Yoshizawa’s international fame
and his easy‑to‑understand system of instructions, origami has spread
throughout the world, inspiring new generations of modern origamists.

MODERN ORIGAMI
With Yoshizawa’s and other artists’ new interpretations of this ancient
art, origami sculptures broke free from being the traditional flat
interpretations of shapes seen in nature. Modern origami could take
on round shapes and seem more lifelike. A carp fish could have scales
and whiskers, just like a real one. A beetle could have tiny pincers at the
tips of each leg. Realistic details like these were now possible because
of the work of modern origamists, who studied the mathematical

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