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Folded Paper Cats
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of folded paper cats. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1958

A very simple cat's face appears in 'Origami: Book Two' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1958

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1944

A compound cat made from two bird bases appears in 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944.

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1959

'How to Make Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd in Japan. by McDowell Obolensky of New York in the USA and by Museum Press Ltd of London in England, in 1959, contains diagrams for a Compound Cat in two parts, glued together

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1965

There are two designs for cats in 'Origami in the Classroom: Book 1: Activities for autumn through Christmas' by Chiyo Araki, which was published by Charles E Tuttle Co Inc in 1965.

The body of this cat is a Witch's Ladder.

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The body of this cat is a papercraft cut out.

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