| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Folded Paper Turtles / Tortoises | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of folded paper Turtles and Tortoises. 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. See also Crane and Tortoise Designs. ********** 1885 A design for a turtle, presumably cut, appears in 'Kindergarten Shoho' (Preliminary Kindergarten) by Iijima Hanjuro, which was copyrighted on October 4th Meiji 17 (1884) and published by Fukuda Senzo in August of Meiji 18 (1885).
********** 1892 The same design appears in 'Kani Shukogaku' (Simple Handicraft) by Tamotsu Shibue, which was published in Tokyo in 1892.
********** The Minogame - 1894 onwards
********** The Cut Turtle - 1908 onwards
********** 1917 Two designs for turtles appear in 'Xu Zhe zhi tu shuo' (More Illustrated Paperfolding) by Yongxiang Shi, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in 1917.
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********** The Cut Bird-Base Turtle - 1944 onwards
********** 1931 A design for a simple turtle appears in 'Origami (Part 1)' by Isao Honda, which was published in Japan in 1931.
********** 1944 A design for Another Minogame appears in 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944. This design is similar to the Cut Turtle (see above) but does not make use of cuts.
********** 1951 Another Cut Bird-Base Turtle appears in 'Origami to Kirinuki' by Saburo Ueda, which was published by Kokkado in Tokyo, most probably in 1951.
********** The extended version of 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1951, contains a design for 'La Tortuga' (The Turtle)
********** 1956 'Paper Magic' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1956 contains diagrams for Harbin's 'Tortoise' ...
*** ... and for Harbin's 'Shy Tortoise', an active play paperfold'
********** 1960 A one-piece uncut 'Baby-turtle' appears in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960. The designs is folded from a hexagon, 'A Hexangular Basic Form', and Honda specifically claims that it is his own design.
*** The same design appears in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Company in the USA in 1965.
********** 1964 A design for a Cut Turtle developed from the Windmill Base appears n 'My Origami Animals and Fishes' which was published by Crown Publishers Inc, in New York in 1964.
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