Toshio Odate (born 1930) is a Japanese-born American sculptor, woodworker, craftsman, author, and educator.
[2][3] He is the author of, Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (Taunton Press, 1984).
[5] He taught sculpture classes at Cooper Union briefly, followed by teaching at State University of New York at Purchase, Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Pratt Institute.
[5] At Brookfield Craft Center, Odate taught shoji-making classes.
[10] Odate is included in the Brooklyn Museum Interviews of Artists, 1965–1968,[11] and the Stephen Radich Gallery Records, 1942–1979,[12] at the Archives of American Art.