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The Sumo Wrestler / Osumo
 

This page attempts to record what is known about the origin and history of the origami design known as Osumo or the Sumo Wrestler. 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.

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1912

As far as I know this design first appears in a monozukushi-e print, by an unknown artist, but said to be from the Meiji era. I have temporarily assigned it the date of 1912, the last year of that era, pending the discovery of more accurate information.

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1935

'Origami Moyo, Book Two' by Kawarazaki Kodo, which was published in Japan in 1935, contains a print showing the Sump Wrestler design.

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