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should be added. Thank you. ********** 1894 A design for a transformable picture form featuring 5 designs appears in issue 12 of the Japanese children's magazine 'Shokokumin' in 1894. The instructions say that you should make a boat (a flattened Double Boat) following diagrams 1-4 of Article 26 (the previous issue). Then you draw on each part of the boat as shown in the pictures. When you arrange the flaps in different positions, as shown, the model can be five different things. 1. (upper right) Bekkako (a type of toy with a funny face) 2. (lower right) Tomabune (a boat with a roof made of woven straw). This is like a flattened Double Boat, except that one of the two boats is depicted as a roof. 3. (upper middle) Kappa - a yokai, a mythical creature in Japanese folklore. 4. (upper left) Hokake(bune) - the Boat with Sail. 5. (lower middle and left) - Goban (Go Board) ie the Table. The illustration of this design appears to have been badly drawn. Note that if this design is made from the same sheet of paper the table's legs wil not be white but will show parts of the other patterns.
********** 1931 A transformable design titled the 'Lion Dance' appears in 'Origami (Part 1)' by Isao Honda, which was first published in Japan in 1931.
********** 1931 The same book contains another transformable design, titled 'Hachihenge' which is made from a bird base.
********** 1965 A version of the 'Lion Dance' form, showing a schoolgirl playing with a ball, appears in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published in the USA by Japan Publications Trading Company in 1965.
********** Blooming Flowers 1965 The same book contains another transformable design titled 'Blooming Flowers'.
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