Origami折り紙

Origin● ‘ori’ = folding, ‘kami’ = paper● started 17th century CE● became popular outside Japan mid-1900s● earliest reference to origami:

Ihara Saikaku’s short poem, 1680(“paper butterflies in a dream”)

Types● Action origami

● Modular origami

● Wet-folding

Types● Pureland origami

● Origami tessellation

● Kirigami

Origami ArtistsHumiaki Huzita

Origami ArtistsSatoshi Kamiya

Origami ArtistsÉric Joisel

Origami ArtistsKunihiko Kasahara

Origami ArtistsAkira Yoshizawa

Sadako and the

● “orizuru” 折鶴 = origami crane● Sadako Sasaki

○ hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor)○ exposed to radiation, had leukemia○ Hiroshima Peace Park - granite statue

● “senbazuru” 千羽鶴 = thousand paper cranes

Thousand Cranes

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