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page is being used to collect information about the
history of the origami design known as the Crane
Envelope. 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. ********** 1868 to 1912 The Crane Envelope pictured below is from a sample book of Ogasawara school origata in the collection of Shoko Aoyagi. This book is undated but probably from the Meiji period. It is identified as a wrapper for a gift of money for a new-born baby boy.
********** 1931 As far as I know diagrams for this design first appear in 'Origami (Part 1)' by Isao Honda, which was first published in Japan in 1931.
********** The design also appears: 1944 In 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944.
*********** 1961 In Vol 2: Issue 1 of 'The Origamian' for Summer 1961 contains diagrams for 'Bird Carrying Letter', 'found in the Library of Congress' and a variation by Giuseppe Baggi.
********** The same design appears as the 'Carrier Pigeon' in 'The Art of Origami' by Samuel Randlett, which was published by E P Dutton in New York in 1961.
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