| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Folded Paper Tigers | |||||||
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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of folded paper tigers. 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. ********** 1944 A design for 'El Tigre' (the tiger) developed from a bird base appears in the second edition of 'PPapiro-Zoo: Manual Practico de Papirologia o Cocotologia' by Giordano Lareo, which was published by Libraria 'El Ateneo' Editorial in Buenos Aires in 1944.This design only has one back leg (and a tail).
********** 1951 A heavily cut and decorated 'Tiger' appears in 'Origami to Kirinuki' by Saburo Ueda, which was published by Kokkado in Tokyo, most probably in 1951. Cuts are used to create the tail and remove the lower middle of the bidy to create the legs.
********** 1959 A heavily cut and decorated 'Tiger (Tora)', developed from the Sanbo using cuts, appears in 'Origami: Volume 2' by Tokinobu and Hideko Mihara, which was published by the Oriental Culture Book Company in San Francisco, most probably in 1960.
*********** 1960 A compound design for a 'A Tiger' appears in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960. The teeth and the ears are created using cuts.
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