| The Public Paperfolding History Project
Created 7/11/2024. Last updated 18/3/2026. x |
|||||||
| Folded Paper Hens, Chickens, Chicks and Roosters | |||||||
| This
page is being used to collect information about the
history of Paper Hens, Chickens, Chicks and Roosters.
Please contact me if you know any of this information is
incorrect or if you have any other important information
that should be added. Thank you. ********** 1845 A design for a chicken made from the irregular slit octagon base, appears in the 'Kan No Mado', which is usually dated to 1845.
********** 1914 A design for a 'Chicken' developed from a bird base appears in 'Zhe zhi tu shuo' (Illustrated Paperfolding), compiled by Gui Shaolie, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in Ming guo 3 (1914).
********** 1939 A design for a Rooster, 'El gallo', can be found in 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939.
********** The Hen with Legs - 1944 onwards
********** 1951 This Rooster and Chick were pictured, but not diagrammed, in 'Origami to Kirinuki' by Saburo Ueda, which was published by Kokkado in Tokyo, most probably in 1951.
*** The same work contains diagrams for these Bantams. Cuts are used to create the crests and the feet
********** 1960 Designs for a 'Hen' and 'Rooster' appear in 'Happy Origami: Whale Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in 1960. Hen
*** The same design appears in 'Origami Playtime' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Co in Tokyo, New York and San Francisco in July 1967.
*** Rooster
*** The same design appears as 'Rooster' in 'Origami Land: Rooster Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in matsuyama, Japan in 1967.
********** Designs for a 'Gallina' (hen) (cut) and 'Gallo' (rooster) appear in (the Spanish version of) 'Happy Origami: Swallow Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in 1960. The 'Gallo' design is not cut but the comb is cut from a separate piece of paper and glued in place.
*** The same designs appear as 'Hen' and 'Rooster' in 'Origami Land: Bossy Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1967.
********** A compound design for a 'A Cock', made from two equilateral triangles, appears in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960.
********** 1961 A design for 'The Chicken' appears in 'How to Make Things Out of Paper', which is a translation into English, published in 1961 by Sterling Publishing Co Inc in New York, of Walter Sperling's 1955 book 'Papier-Spiele'.
********** 1962 An accessorised design for a 'Rooster' appears in 'Pop-Up Origami: Johnny Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Japan in 1962.
*** The same design appears in 'Origami Fun Book: Seals Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Shikuko Hoikukan in Matsuyama, Japan in 1966.
*** The same design appears in 'Origami Playtime' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Co in Tokyo, New York and San Francisco in July 1967.
********** 1965 Diagrams for a 'Baby Chick' appear in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Company in the USA in 1965.
********** 1967 A very simple design for a 'Hen' appears in 'Origami Land: Birdie Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1967.
********** 1968 A design for a 'Hen', accessorised with a cut comb, appears in 'Jolly Origami: Elephant Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1968.
********** A Chicken made from a dollar bill, and attributed to John M Nordquist, appears in 'Folding Money, Volume Two' edited by Samuel Randlett, which was published by Magic Inc of Chicago in 1968.
********** |
|||||||
