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Last updated 14/3/2025

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This page is being used to record information about the history of the origami design I call Another Cut Dragonfly, which is also folded from a bird base. 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.

In this design the body is open at the top. A cut is also used to separate the two pairs of wings.

This design first occurs in the books of Isao Honda and is probably his original design.

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In Japan (and in books by Japanese authors)

1960

As far as I know this design first appears as 'A Dragonfly' in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960.

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The design also appears:

As 'A Dragonfly' in 'Pocket Guide to Origami: Bow-Wow Book', by Isao Honda, which was published by the Asahi Origami Club, Tokyo in 1960.

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1965

As 'Dragonfly' in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Company in the USA in 1965.

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1970

As 'Dragonfly' in 'Origami Nippon' by Isao Honda, which is a paperback book published by Honda Origami Studio in Tokyo in 1970.

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In Europe and the Americas

1968

Another Cut Dragonfly also appears in 'Your Book of Paperfolding' by Vanessa and Eric de Maré, which was published by Faber and Faber in London in 1968, where it is said to be a traditional Japanese design.

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