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Pocket Guide to Origami: Bow-Wow Book by Isao Honda, 1960

'Pocket Guide to Origami: Bow-Wow Book', by Isao Honda, was published in English by the Asahi Origami Club (an imprint of the Toto Shuppan Company) in Tokyo in 1960 and distributed by Japan Publications Trading Company. This work is one of two pocket guides to origami issued in the same saddle-stitched format. The work is anonymous but it is certain from the designs it contains and the diagramming style that the author is Isao Honda. The author does not state whether the designs are traditional, his own original work, or the original work of some other designer. There are 26 diagrams for designs. 3 folded models were glued onto the pages. The introduction to the work states: There is a low-res copy of the work at the foot of this page. ******** ****** Analysis A Yacht - The Yacht ****** A Sailboat - The Boat with Sail / Trick Boat ****** A Flower Pattern - The Flower-Pattern Photo-Frame ****** A House - The Japanese House ****** A Container with Four Legs - The Sanbo on Legs ****** A Lotus Flower - The Lotus ****** A Winnowing Tray - The Winnowing Box ****** A Measuring Box - The Blintz Box ****** A Hood - a version of Le Bonnet Carre ****** A Waste-paper Basket - Le Bonnet Carre ****** A Ring - The Ring ****** A Boat - The Fishing Boat ****** A Motor Boat - The Sampan ****** A Crane - The Paper Crane ****** A Heron - The Cut Flying Heron ****** A Swallow (Cut) - The Cut Swallow A cut is used to separate the two halves of the tail. ****** A Turtle (Cut) - The Cut Bird-Base Turtle A cut is used to separate the back legs. ****** Dragonfly (Cut) - Another Cut Dragonfly A cut is used to separate the two pairs of wings. ****** A Dog - Honda's Compound Dog ****** A Hen - The Hen with Legs ****** A Pigeon - The Pigeon ****** A Frog - The Inflatable Frog ****** A Rhinocerous (Cut) - Honda's Compound Rhinocerous ****** A Purse - The Three-Piece Purse ****** A Teapot-stand - The Teapot Stand ****** The Work ********