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| The Cut Bird-Base Frog | |||||||
| This
page attempts to record what is known about the history
of the origami design I call the Cut Bird-Base Frog,
which uses a cut to create and separate the front legs.
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. ********** 1885 As far as I know this design first appears in 'Kindergarten Shoho' (Preliminary Kindergarten) by Iijima Hanjuro was copyrighted on October 4th Meiji 17 (1884) and published by Fukuda Senzo in August of Meiji 18 (1885).
********** 1892 The same design appears in 'Kani Shukogaku' (Simple Handicraft) by Tamotsu Shibue, which was published in Tokyo in 1892.
********** 1959 What appears to be the same design appears in 'Origami: Book Three' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1959.
********** 1964 The same design appears in 'Fold-and-Paste Origami Storybook' by Florence Sakade, which was published by Charles E Tuttle Company in Vermont and Tokyo in 1964.
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