[Origami] Earliest crane pushed back to ca. 1600

2017-03-14 Thread Karen Reeds 
> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:01:11 -0700
> From: "Robert J. Lang" 
> To: Origami-L 
> Subject: [Origami] Earliest crane pushed back to ca. 1600
>
> Interesting article in the Asahi Shinbun about a kozuka (sword accessory)
> decorated with cranes (orizuru):
>
> http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703140003.html
>
> This pushes back the earliest record of an origami crane to around 1600 CE
> or thereabouts. Origami historian Masao Okamura comments in the article.
>
> Robert



Thank you so much, Robert, for sharing this. David Lister must be beaming
in heaven!

Karen 3/14/2017

[Origami] Earliest crane pushed back to ca. 1600

2017-03-13 Thread Robert J. Lang 
Interesting article in the Asahi Shinbun about a kozuka (sword accessory) 
decorated with cranes (orizuru):

 

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703140003.html

 

This pushes back the earliest record of an origami crane to around 1600 CE or 
thereabouts. Origami historian Masao Okamura comments in the article.

 

Robert