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The Inflatable Rabbit
 
This page is being used to record information about the history of the paperfolding design known as the Inflatable Rabbit, which is a development of the Waterbomb. 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.

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In China (and in publications by Chinese authors)

1917

As far as I know this design first appears 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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1948

The design also appears in 'The Art of Chinese Paper folding for Young and Old' by Maying Soong, which was published by Harcourt Brace and Company of New York in 1948.

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1949

As 'A Paper Rabbit' in 'Papercraft: How to make toys, favors and useful articles' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by Lipincott in Philadelphia in 1949.

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