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'Origami Zoo: Bird Book' by Isao Honda was published by Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd in 1961 and distributed by Japan Publications Trading Company. It is a large format book published Japanese-style in a cardboard sleeve. The early pages in the book are decorated with folded paper models, the later pages contain the diagrams.

Ther details on this page are taken from a copy of the work kindly lent to me by the British Origami Society.

Note that the title page states 'Origami designs by Isao Honda'.

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Analysis

The diagrams start with some 'Simple Folding Drills' for:

Yacht - The Yacht

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Flying Pigeon - The Dove

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Jet Airplane - The Carrier Pigeon

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Sea Gull - The Simple Duck

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At this point the work states 'We now come to the actual making of Origami birds.'

Mandarin Duck - The Mandarin Duck

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Swans 1 and 2 - The Simple Swan

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Crane - The Paper Crane

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Penguins 1 and 2 - The Fish-Base Penguin

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Dove - The Pigeon

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Ostrich - The Ostrich

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Japanese Crane - The Standing Crane

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Peacock - Honda's Compound Peacock

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Peahen - The Peahen

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Flying Sea Gull - The Seagull

(from an equilateral triangle)

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Wild Duck - The Wild Goose

(from an equilateral triangle)

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Eagle - Honda's Compound Eagle

(from two equilateral triangles)

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Macaw - The Parrot

(from an equilateral triangle)

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