| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| The Cut Inflatable Octopus | |||||||
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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the origami design I call The Inflatable Octopus.
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. This design is made from a frog base using cuts to separate the legs This design first occurs in the books of Isao Honda and is possibly his original design. ********** 1931 As far as I know this design first appears in 'Origami (Part 1)' by Isao Honda, which was first published in Japan in 1931.
********** The same design appears: 1960 As 'An Octopus' in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960.
********** 1965 In 'Secrets of Origami', by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne Book Company in London in 1964.
********** 1967 As 'Octopus' in 'Origami Festival' by Isao Honda, which was published by Japan Publications Inc in Tokyo in 1967.
********** 1968 In 'Your Book of Paperfolding' by Vanessa and Eric de Maré, which was published by Faber and Faber in London in 1968, where it was is to be a traditional Japanese design.
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