Origami

The history of the origami
After how to make paper was conveyed from the continent in the early seventh century by Japan, thin, strong paper, "a Japanese paper" (I) were born by a Japanese laborer. A record was important how to use paper at the beginning, but it came to be used for an act of God and came to wrap various things including the offering to God in paper. I pay my attention to a fold sticking to paper when I wrapped a votive offering and a present before long, and has been laid in a courtesy occasion I break a parcel beautifully, and to decorate it.
Various action was fixed, and the action (courtesy fold) of the parcel was thought to enter in 14,15 century at that time. How to fold used auspicious decoration for gifts (auspicious decoration for gifts) parcels is still the trace.
Apart from action and a rule, it "is origami" before long to have come to enjoy way of folding itself. When the Edo era began, the amount of production of the paper increased and, as for "the origami", came to be got close to the common people still more. This "secret nurse string of a thousand folded paper cranes wrapping" of the origami which is the oldest in the world in 1797 is published

When the Meiji era began, "the origami" was taken in for kindergarten education and came to teach even a manual arts course and a drawing in the elementary school and became more and more popular. "The origami" spreads out in all parts of the world and there are some groups of origami lovers and continues being active flourishingly now.

This and that of the origami

With the origami,

It is Japanese traditional paper fold work art (A traditional paper folding art form from Japan).

Thing the paper to use in most cases is one piece, and the current origami does not use scissors or the paste, but to use two pieces of paper for There is the thing turning on a cut with throwing knife) and scissors.

The form a square, the size a 15cm corner (the 5cm corner - 35cm corner is sold, too)

I usually use the origami such as the above.

There are a lot of kinds of a color and the paper, and there is the thing which a handle is in from a monochrome thing.