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'Origami to Kirinuki' (Paperfolding and Cutting Out) by Saburo Ueda was published by Kokkado in Tokyo in 1951.

The details on this page are taken from a copy of the work kindly made available to me by the British Origami Society which is dated Showa 30 (ie 1955). This edition makes no reference to an earlier publication date, however, in her essay 'On the Evolution of the Notation System' (available online here) Laura Rozenberg states that she possesses a copy of the work published in 1951 (and another from 1952).

I have assumed that all three editions (printings?) are identical but will amend this page accordingly if evidence to the contrary emerges.

The cover states that Saburo Ueda is the Principal of City West Kindergarten and the work is fundamentally a kindergarten manual. It concentrates on paperfolding and paper cutting but there are also several pages showing how to make designs from wooden dowels and peas etc.

Many of the paperfolding designs are cut. Many of them are also decorated after the folding has finished. The diagrams are very rudimentary in places.

The author does not give any information about the origin of any of the designs.

Selected pages from the work (ie the full work except those pages dealing with non-paperfolding related material) are given at the foot of this page.

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Analysis

Paperfolding Designs

p1. Rooster and Chick

These two designs are pictured but diagrams explaining how to fold them do not appear in the work.

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p 2 and 3. How to Make Artficial Flowers

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p5. Diagrams for the Turtle pictured on this page do not appear in the work - The Cut Turtle

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p17. Home - The House

In this version of the House the top of the roof has been sunken inside the design to lower the roof.

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p18. Piano - The Piano

In this version of the design the top has been folded over in front.

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p19. In the Middle of Nowhere (cut) - a cut variant of The House.

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p20. Pig - The Pig

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p21. Chinese Lantern - The Long Lantern

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p22. ????? - Unidentified Figure (cut)

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p24. ????? - Unidentified Face (cut)

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p25. ????? - Unidentified Dog Face

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p26. Fox - The Fox Mask

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p27. ????? (cut) - Dog's Head

The nose prorudes through a hole from below.

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p28. ????? (cut) - Angel Fish

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p29. ????? (cut) - version of The Nurse's Cap

The cross is a hole cut from the front of the design.

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p30 - Bantams (cut) -

Cuts are used to create the crests and the feet

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p32 Sea Lion (cut) -

A cut has been used to separate the two parts of the tail.

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p34 - Pigeon (cut) -

Cuts have been used to create the feet.

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p35. Pelican (cut)

A cut has been used to separate the two halves of the beak.

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p36 Swallow (cut) - a version of The Cut Swallow

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p38. Tsuru - The Paper Crane

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p40. Dragonfly (cut) - The Cut Dragonfly

Cuts have been used to create the head, separate and shape the wings and split the tail.

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p41. Heron (cut) -

Cuts have been used to create the crest and separate the legs.

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p42. Hina figures (cut)

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p44. ????? -

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p46. ????? (cut) -

Cuts are used to create the arms.

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p48. ????? - The Paper Banger

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p49. ????? (cut) -

This design appears to have been cut to release the wings at the side of the head. but, if so, this cut is not shown in the diagrams.

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p50. Tiger (cut) -

Cuts are used to create the tail and remove the lower middle of the bidy to create the legs.

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p52. Fukusuke - Simple Fukusuke

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p54. Parakeet -

Cuts have been used to create the wingtips and tail.

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p56. ????? - The Yacht

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p57. ????? - a version of The Sailboat

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p58. Frog - The Inflatable Frog

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p60. Squid (cut) -

Cuts are used to shape the body and separate the tentacles.

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p62. Helmet - The Kabuto

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p66. Hibachi - The Hibachi

This version of the design has shorter legs than the version found in Honda's books but is made in the same way.

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p67. Kago - The Kago

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p68. Balloon - The Waterbomb

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p70. Sea Bream (cut) - The Cut Goldfish

In this version the tail is released and shaped by cuts but the fins are created by folds.

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p71. Goldfish (cut) -

The fins and the tail are created by cuts.

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p72. Boat with Roof - The Sampan

In this version of the design only one of the roofs has been raised.

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p74. Morning Glory - The Morning Glory

This version of the design is folded from a pentagon.

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p76. Elephant (three-legged) -

This design is folded from a bird base and only has one back leg.

The diagrams do not show how to obtain the tusks (which would require cuts).

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p78. Giraffe (cut) -

Cuts are used to shape the front legs and obtain the horns.

The diagrams for this design are unclear in places.

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p80. Shrimp (cut) -

The front legs and feelers are obtained by using cuts.

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p82. Peacock - Solorzano's Peacock

The diagrams do not show how to obtain the crest.

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p84. Persimmon - The Persimmon

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p86. Sanbo - The Sanbo

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p88. Crow - The Crow with Legs

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p89. Kikuzara - The Kikuzara

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p90. Tortoise (cut) -

From a bird base. Cuts are used to separate the fron and back legs.

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p92. Nisobune - The Double Boat

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p93. Cicada - The Kabuto-Base Cicada

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p94. Airplane (two designs)

Both folded from rectangles.

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p96. Noshi

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p97. Tsutsumi

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p98. How to Fold Flowers - Windmill Base Patterns

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Paper Cutting Designs

p102. Paper Cuts with Twofold Symmetry

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p110. Paper Cuts with Fourfold Symmetry

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p114. Paper Cuts with Sixfold Symmetry

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p120. Paper Cuts with Eightfold Symmetry

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p124. Paper Cuts with Fivefold Symmetry

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p128. Fold, Cut and Fold Animals

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Tanabata Decorations

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p136. The Paper Cage

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p136. The One-Cut Pentagram

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p137. The Dove

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p137. The Chinese Lantern

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p137. Oningyo

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p143. Collages made from Folded Circles ( and other shapes.

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p145. Designs made from Woven Strips

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p146. ????? - Slit and Fold Basket

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p147. Handbag - Cut Out and Fold Handbag

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p148. ?????? - Multipiece Coasters (glued)

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Selected Pages

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