Florence Sakade (坂出 フローレンス) (died on 1999) is widely recognized as a pioneer of English language publishing in Japan. She was an experienced editor and the author/compiler of such favorites as *A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese*, *Origami: Japanese Paper Folding*, and *Japanese Children's Favorite Stories*. Her distinguished career spanned four decades, and she worked until her death in 1999 at the age of 82.