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Origami: Folding Paper for Children by Claude Sarasas, 1951
 
'Origami: Folding Paper for Children' by Claude Sarasas was published by Kodansha in Tokyo in 1951. It is an illustrated, tri-lingual alphabet book of origami designs, the names of the designs being given in Japanese, French and English..

It was republished as 'The ABCs of Origami' by Charles E Tuttle in San Francisco in 1964.

I have not seen a copy of the original publication. The pages shown below are taken from the 1964 republication, but I believe that all the designs and illustrations in both books were identical..

The majority of the designs are constructed using cuts.

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The Albatross

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Inside Out Boat

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Crow with Legs

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Deer (with cut ears)

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Elephant (Cut)

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Flamingo

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Gull

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The Japanese House

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The Crossover Cicada

The illustration also shows a colour-change version of the Preliminary Fold Cicada and a dragonfly, neither of which are explained in the book.

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The Juggler (Cut)

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The Kimono

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The Long Lantern

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Mandarin (Cut)

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Bird in a Nest (Cut)

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Seal (Cut)

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Peacock

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The Pig

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Robin (Cut)

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The Postman

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Tortoise (Cut)

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The Urn (Cut) (a version of the Long Lantern)

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Volcano (Cut)

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Wigwam / House (Cut)

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Bee (Cut)

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Yacht (Cut)

The cut is used to obtain a colour-changed sail.

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Zebra (Cut)

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