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Note that the characters on the cream pages refer to the full-colour prints. The drawings on the cream pages seem to be there just for decoration and are not identified in the book. (Because the drawings on the cream pages in this volume are so light I have had to enhance the mid-tones to make them visible.)

It is possible that some of the prints are not accurate depictions of the paperfolding designs they represent.

Some of the flowers seem to be multiple-sheet designs made by combining simple units.

This work is mentioned in Gershon Legman's 'Bibliography of Paperfolding' which was published in 1952.

A full copy of the work can be viewed here.

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Print One

Ocho and Mecho Butterflies

(The characters say 'utto' which has the same meaning as 'noshi' )

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Print Two

Unidentified Leaf / The Pentagonal Knot / Ivy

(The characters say 'tsutsa' which means 'ivy')

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Print Three

The Sampan / The Boat with Sail / The Boat with Three Sails / Water Birds

(The characters say 'mizudori' which means 'water birds')

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Print Four

Hina Dolls / The Japanese Rabbit / Wisteria

(The characters say 'fuji' which means 'wisteria')

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Print Five

Simple Fukusuke (left) / Osumo / Sumo Wrestler (right) / Hanabishi (below)

(The characters say 'Hanabishi')

The Hanabishi design is a diamond or lozenge-shaped design for a mon or family crest rather than an actual flower design.

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Print Six

The Pig / Unidentified Bird / Pawlonia

(The characters say 'kiri' which means 'pawlonia')

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Print Seven

The Blow-up Frog / Unidentified Figure (possibly Nikki Danjo) / Omodaka

(The characters say 'omodaka' which means 'three-pointed arrowhead')

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Print Eight

Squid / Unidentified Design / Noshi

(The characters say 'noshi')

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Print Nine

Lizard / Salamander / Crocodile / Alligator? / Koi Carp / Morning Glory

(The characters say 'asagao' which means 'morning glory')

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Print Ten

Crow with Legs / Kabuto Base Cicada / Six-Petalled Lily

(The characters say 'yuri' which means 'lily')

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Print Eleven

Unidentified design / Hane

(The characters say 'hane' which means 'shuttlecock')

The design pictured on the left in the upper picture is probably also a hane.

The lower picture also shows a bat and a temari ball.

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Print Twelve

The Star-Shaped Box / The Sanbo on Legs / Unidentified Designs

(The characters say 'takara' which means 'treasure')

I am not sure what 'treasure' means in relation to these designs.

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Print Thirteen

Cut Dog? / Yukinko? / Hozuki

(The characters say 'houzuki' which means 'hozuki' or Japanese Lantern Plant)

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Print Fourteen

The Windmill / Unidentified Boat with Sail / Chrysanthemum

(The characters say 'kiku' which means 'chrysanthemum')

Note that, as drawn, the chrysanthemum cannot be folded from a single-sheet.

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Print Fifteen

Simple Crane / Waterlilies

(The characters say 'suiren' which means 'waterlilies')

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