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2. Orizuru - Wikipedia

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   Orizuru. A paper crane spinning in the wind. 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 ...

3. Yoshizawa–Randlett system - Wikipedia

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   The Yoshizawa–Randlett system is a diagramming system used to describe the folds of origami models. Many origami books begin with a description of basic origami techniques which are used to construct the models. There are also a number of standard bases which are commonly used as a first step in construction. Models are typically classified ...

4. One thousand origami cranes - Wikipedia

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   The crane is considered a mystical or holy creature (others include the dragon and the tortoise) in Japan and is said to live for a thousand years. That is why one thousand origami cranes (千羽鶴, senbazuru, lit. 'one thousand cranes') are made, one for each year. In some stories, it is believed that the cranes must be completed within one ...

5. Origami - Wikipedia

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   Origami (折り紙, Japanese pronunciation: [oɾiɡami] or [oɾiꜜɡami], from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" (kami changes to gami due to rendaku)) is the Japanese art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin.

6. Akira Yoshizawa - Wikipedia

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   Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤 章, Yoshizawa Akira, 14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005) was a Japanese origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living art. According to his own estimation made in 1989, he created more than 50,000 models, of which only a few hundred designs were ...

7. History of origami - Wikipedia

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   The folding of two origami cranes linked together from the first known technical book on origami Hiden senbazuru orikata by Akisato Rito, published in Japan in 1798. The history of origami followed after the invention of paper and was a result of paper's use in society. In the detailed Japanese classification, origami is divided into stylized ...

8. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Wikipedia

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   9780399205200. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a children's historical novel written by Canadian-American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977. It is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II, who set out to create a thousand origami cranes when dying of leukemia ...

9. Washi - Wikipedia

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   Washi (和紙) is traditional Japanese paper processed by hand using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia chrysantha), or the paper mulberry (kōzo) bush. [1] Washi is generally tougher than ordinary paper made from wood pulp, and is used in many traditional arts. Origami, shodō, and ukiyo-e were all ...