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Last updated 28/1/2026

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'Pop-Up Origami: Johnny Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki was published by Biken-Sha in Japan in 1962 and distributed by Japan Publication Trading Company. The work contains folded examples of the designs, which are glued onto folded pages, or sections of pages, by their feet or lower edges, so that they 'pop-up' into an upright position when the pages are opened.

Many of the designs are heavily cut.

My grateful thanks to the British Origami Society for letting me see a copy of this work.

The Pop-Up pages themselves could not be scanned without causing damage so only the diagrams are included here.

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Analysis

Dog (cut)

A two-part design. The body is heavily cut.

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Cat (cut)

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Goldfish (cut)

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Fish 1 (cut)

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Fish 2 (cut)

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Fish (3) (cut)

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Rabbit (cut)

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Mushroom

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Squirrel (cut)

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Parrot

The Parrot is augmented by the addition of two smaller folded pieces of paper

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Macaw (cut)

The crest is created using a cut

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Ship - The Boat with Sail

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Yacht (cut)

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Rooster

The basic Rooster is uncut but it is augmented with two other pieces of paper, one of which is cut.

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Bird of Paradise

A two-part design

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Lion (cut)

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Hydrangea (cut)

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Peacock

The basic design is made from two uncut parts. It is augmented with a cut crest.

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Flower (cut)

Made from two squares of different sizes

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