| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Folded Paper Foxes | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of folded paper foxes. 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. ********** The Fox Face - 1878 onwards
********** 1885 Two related designs for 'kitsune' (fox spirits) appear in 'Kindergarten Shoho' (Preliminary Kindergarten) by Iijima Hanjuro, which was copyrighted on October 4th Meiji 17 (1884) and published by Fukuda Senzo in August of Meiji 18 (1885).
********** 1892 One of these designs also appears, again as 'kitsune', in 'Kani Shukogaku' (Simple Handicraft) by Tamotsu Shibue, which was published in Tokyo in 1892
********** 1893 A way of folding a Fox (head) appears in 1893 in volume 5 issue 19 of 'Shokokumin' children's magazine. I cannot reconstruct this design from thre diagrams.
********** The Fox Mask - 1905 onwards
********** 1944 A compound fox made from two bird bases appears in 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944.
********** 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 fox in two parts, glued together.
********** 1960 A similar compound design for a ' A Fox' appears in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960. The ears are created using a cut.
********** A heavily cut design for a 'Fox' appears in 'Pop-Up Origami: Kitty Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Japan in 1960.
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