Main Index Page

Last updated 15/12/2024

x

'Pocket Guide to Origami: Bunny Book', by Isao Honda, was published in English by the Asahi Origami Club (an imprint of the Toto Shuppan Company) in Tokyo in 1960 and distributed by Japan Publications Trading Company. This work is one of two pocket guides to origami issued in the same saddle-stitched format.

The work is anonymous but it is certain from the designs it contains, and the diagramming style, that the author was Isao Honda.

The author does not state whether the designs are traditional, his own original work, or the original work of some other designer.

There are diagrams for 18 designs. 3 folded models were glued onto the pages.

The introduction to the work states:

There is a low-res copy of the work at the foot of this page.

**********

**********

Analysis

A Mandarin Duck - The Mandarin Duck

**********

A Lobster - The Cut Shrimp

**********

A Pigeon - The Dove

**********

A Waterfowl - The Simple Duck

**********

A Sea Gull - The Seagull

**********

A Locust - The Locust

**********

A Kimono - The Kimono

**********

A Morning-glory - The Morning Glory

**********

A Standing Crane - The Standing Crane

**********

A Tulip - The Multipiece Tulip

**********

A Box (a) - The Star-Shaped Box

**********

A Box (b) - The Cake Box

**********

A Rabbit - Honda's Compound Rabbit

**********

A Tiger - Honda's Compound Tiger

**********

An Elephant - Honda's Compound Elephant

**********

An Iris - The Cut Iris

**********

An Eagle - Honda's Compound Eagle

**********

Combinations of Diamond Shapes

Made using a module folded from a 60/120 degree rhombus.

(Although not attributed here this design is by Akira Yoshizawa.)

**********

The Work

**********