Toshio odate biography examples

Toshio Odate (born 1930) is a Japanese-born American sculptor, woodworker, craftsman, author, and educator.^[1] He specializes in Japanese woodworking and is a noted shoji maker.^[2][3] He is the author of, Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (Taunton Press, 1984).

Biography

Toshio Odate was born in 1930 in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] He trained in Japan as a cabinetmaker early in his career for 7 years starting at age 16, this was due to the economic pressure in Japan post-World War II.^[5][6] In 1948, he moved to the United States for one year for college, followed by a year in Denmark for study of Scandinavian design.^[5] He was planning to return to Japan to teach, however he changed his mind and Odate then decided to Toshio Odate - Wikiwand ZOW