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  2. Origami - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese sword authentication paper (Origami) from 1702 that Hon'ami Kōchū certified a tantō made by Yukimitsu in the 14th century as authentic. From a global perspective, the term 'origami' refers to the folding of paper to shape objects for entertainment purposes, but it has historically been used in various ways in Japan.

  3. Orizuru - Wikipedia

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    The orizuru (折鶴 ori-"folded," tsuru "crane"), origami crane or paper crane, is a design that is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Japanese culture, it is believed that its wings carry souls up to paradise, [ 2 ] and it is a representation of the Japanese red-crowned crane , referred to as the ...

  4. Katana - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese sword authentication paper (origami) from 1702 that Hon'ami Kōchū certified a tantō made by Yukimitsu in the 14th century as authentic. The Hon'ami clan, which was an authority of appraisal of Japanese swords, rated Japanese swords from these artistic points of view.

  5. Chinese artist hopes paper weapons will stir thoughts of peace

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    BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) - Chinese artist Li Hongbo hopes his paper sculptures of weapons - from AK-47 assault rifles to bullets and pistols - will inspire people to think about peace.

  6. History of origami - Wikipedia

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    It is not certain when play-made paper models, now commonly known as origami, began in Japan. However, the kozuka of a Japanese sword made by Gotō Eijō (後藤栄乗) between the end of the 1500s and the beginning of the 1600s was decorated with a picture of a crane made of origami, and it is believed that origami for play existed by the Sengoku period or the early Edo period.

  7. Yoshizawa–Randlett system - Wikipedia

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    The two main types of origami symbol are lines and arrows [2] — arrows show how origami paper is bent or moved, while lines show various types of edges: A thick line shows the edge of the paper; A dashed line shows a valley fold. The paper is folded in front of itself.

  8. Akira Yoshizawa - Wikipedia

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    Wet-folding allows the paper to be manipulated more easily, resulting in finished origami models that have a rounder and more sculpted look. Wet-folding is most often used with thicker paper; normal origami paper is very thin and thus prone to tearing when using the wet-folding technique. [2] Yoshizawa believed the process was the most ...

  9. Sadako Sasaki - Wikipedia

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    Sadako's story was dramatized at the opening ceremony of the Goodwill Games 1990 in Seattle when, to Ellie Rabb's narration of Sadako's story, some 400 local schoolchildren handed out some 20,000 origami paper cranes to the opening day crowd, thereby honoring the memory of Sadako and spreading her unfulfilled dream for world peace. The Seattle ...