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'Shukouka Kyoju Shishin: Maiji Haitou' by Hyojiro Nakagaki was published by Kenseikai in Tokyo in 1904. It is a manual for handicraft instruction in schools.

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here.

The work contains chapters on a number of handicrafts, including origami. There is an appendix which contains diagrams for the designs referred to in this chapter.

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Analysis

Paper Gun - The Paper Banger

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Father's Business Card Holder - The Simple Wallet

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Two Boats - The Double Boat

Note that this design is developed from the Double Bookfold Basic Form.

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Royal Money - The Business Card Holder

This design is made from two pieces of paper.

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Partridge - The Albatross

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Windmill - The Windmill

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Helmet - The Kabuto

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The Paper Crane

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Swallow - The Cut Swallow

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Fukusuke - Simple Fukusuke

The text says 'Have a child draw the face'.

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Salted Sesame Seed Wrap

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Kaneko-bao -

The text says 'Use this for banknotes or coins' indicating that this design is a purse.

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Pepper Wrapper

The text says 'This wrapping is not limited to Japanese Pepper. Any kind of food can be wrapped in gold or silver paper'.

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Soy Flour Wrapper

The text says 'Any powder will do'.

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Noshi (wrapper for dried abalone)

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Rhombic Fold - Four Rhombi

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Folds of Beauty

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(Wrapper for) Small Things - The Puzzle Purse

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Crystal Form - The Japanese Hexagon Puzzle Box

(Made by gluing six Puzzle Purses together.)

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The Fold and One Cut Pentagram

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Selected Pages

(Read from top to bottom and left to right)

From the chapter about Origami

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From the chapter about Cutting

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From the Appendix

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