![]() To make a colored pattern, they laid some sheets of paper in different colors on each other, or painted. And the design was dependent on the quality of Japanese handmade paper, washi. They folded paper in different shapes with a lot of cuts. But, if we do not differentiate two types of origami, "Tsutsumi-no Ki" is older.īased on these sources and others such as anonymous "Orikata-dehon Chushingura" (c.1800,) we can enumerate the characteristics of Japanese classic origami. It is sometimes said to be the oldest origami book in the world. "Sembazuru" literally means one thousand cranes, but at that time it meant dozens of connected Orizuru folded from one sheet of paper. Speaking of "Kayaragusa," this book is sometimes wrongly called "Kan-no Mado," based on an error on a copy.Īkisato Rito published "Sembazuru Orikata" in 1797. Nor did Adachi Kazuyuki separate ceremonial and recreational origami when he recorded many origami models in his "Kayaragusa" around 1845. In Saikaku's "Koshoku Ichidai Otoko" of 1682, the protagonist Yonosuke made "orisue" of Hiyoku-no Tori, which is supposed to be something like Orizuru. But it does not seem that they drew the line between them in Edo era. Some differentiate such recreational origami from ceremonial one. "Ramma Zushiki" (1734) shows pictures of Boat, Sanbo, and a modular origami called Tamatebako, besides Orizuru and Komoso. They folded it in half and called Komoso. To be accurate, Yakko-san did not exist at that time. More familiar origami models such as Orizuru and Yakko-san have been depicted in ukiyoe or patterns for kimono since 18th century. According to Ise Sadatake's "Tsutsumi-no Ki" (1764,) such origami originated in Muromachi era. There are many folding patterns for many purposes. Ocho Mecho, as well as Noshi, is an example of this ceremonial origami. Origami was included in the manners of the samurai class which was passed down by the Houses of Ogasawara, Ise, Imagawa, and others. It reads: Rosei-ga yume-no cho-wa orisue (The butterflies in Rosei's dream would be origami.) Here he referred to an origami model called Ocho Mecho (Male and Female Butterflies) as "orisue." We use it to wrap sake bottles mainly at the wedding ceremony. The oldest unequivocal document of origami is a short poem composed by Ihara Saikaku in 1680. Origami was called "orisue" or "orikata" in Edo era, and "orimono" from the end of Edo era to the early Showa era. We did not call paper folding origami in Japan until Showa era. In today's Japan, origami-tsuki (with origami) means authentic because connoisseurs write their appraisal on the origami since Edo era. An origami is a landscape piece of paper folded in half latitudinally. But it originally refers to a form of writing. We use the word origami from Heian era in Japan. But their pronunciation were different in old Japanese. The Japanese words for paper and gods have the same spelling, kami. ![]() We can see no relationship between Japanese religion and the origin of origami. In addition, they are not necessarily folded even now. However, they were never made of paper in ancient Japan. We use paper strips, shide or heisoku, and paper dolls, hitogata, in Shinto. But it is by no means an example of origami, since it is folded just squarely. In Japan, we use wrapping paper called tatogami or tato. There is no reason, however, for believing that they folded paper to make them. They refer to a story of Abe-no Seimei who made a paper bird and turned it to a real one, or another story about Fujiwara-no Kiyosuke who sent his ex-girlfriend a fake frog. Others say origami originated from Japan in Heian era. These suggest that paper was primarily writing material, not folding. The origin of the Japanese word for paper, kami, is said to be birch tree, kaba, or strips of wood or bamboo, kan. The Chinese character for paper, zhi, originally stood for writing material made of silk. The paper of Former Han dynasty shows no trace of origami. This opinion is based on the conjecture that origami started right after the invention of paper, for which we have no evidence. ![]() Some say origami originated in China around 2000 years ago. We know very little about the origin of origami. K's Origami : History of Origami K's Origami Fractional Library History of Origami Before Origami ![]()
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