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Drawing showing a Paper Crane in Le Japon Artistique of September 1888
 

A drawing of a Paper Crane was published simultaneously in the September 1888 issues of the magazines 'Artistic Japan', 'Le Japon Artistique' and 'Japanischer formenschatz', all edited by Siegfried Bing, a German-born French art dealer.(Information from Juan Gimeno.)

The page features 'Ideas for kanemonos (clasps to tobacco-pouches) and sword furniture by Katsukaya Issai'. One of these ideas shows an orizuru, or paper crane, positioned above a square of paper and a pair of Japanese scissors.)

The image can be accessed in context online here.

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