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Created 12/2/2025. Last updated 18/3/2025

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The Bird-Base Pheasant - 1944 onwards

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1951

A design for 'El Faisan' developed from a 19.5 x 11 rectangle which has been cut into a point using two 45 degree cuts at one end appears in 'Papiro-Zoo: Manual Practico de Papirologia o Cocotologia' (revised edition) by Giordano Lareo, which was published by Libraria 'El Ateneo' Editorial in Buenos Aires in 1951. It is a development of the Pavo Real / Peacock design usually attributed to Solorzano.

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1964

A simple design for a 'Pheasant', and another for a closely related 'Mountain Fowl', both heavily cut, appear in 'Happy Origami: Butterfly Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in 1964.

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The 'Pheasant' design also appears in 'Origami Land: Bossy Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1967.

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