Tomoko Fusé

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Tomoko Fusé (布施 知子 Fusé Tomoko born 1951) is a Japanese origami writer who has written several books on the subject of modular origami and is by some considered to be a queen of unit origami. She developed many modular boxes and geometric objects, and is one of the most prolific origami authors in the world. She was born in Niigata and now lives with her husband Taro, a respected woodblock printmaker and etcher, in a hillside village, in rural Nagano prefecture, Japan.

Fuse first learned origami while in hospital as a child. When she was 19 years old, she studied for 2 1/2 years with origami master Toyoaki Kawai. She started publishing origami books in 1981, and has since published more than 60 books (plus overseas editions) as of September 2005.