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'Koshoku Ichidai Otoko' ('The Life of an Amorous Man') a novel by Iharu Saikaku refers to the hero, Yonosuke, making 'a pair of birds with folded paper' (identified as Hiyoku-no Tori - a pair of birds, one male and one female) and 'a pair of paper flowers attached to stems'.

The specific designs referred to cannot be identified.

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