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History of Origami

This page provides links to web sites or pages giving a history of origami.

  • The History of Origami in Japan - http://origami.gr.jp/People/OKMR_/history-e.html - From the Japan Origami Academic Society. A very short history focusing on the history in Japan.

  • Joseph Wu's Brief History of the Ancient Art of Paperfolding - http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/Info/history.html - A very brief history of origami.

  • Origami History - http://paperfolding.com/history/ - Eric Andersen has put together a very good description of the origins of origami, including links to his web sources.

  • People - http://thunder.prohosting.com/~origami/p6.html - From George Ho. A very interesting table of people involved with Origami from 1782-1999.

This page was originally created by Melissa Johnson for The Internet course, LS5573 (Fall Semester, 1999) with Dr. Drake as a final project. The course is offered by Texas Women's University in Denton, TX from the School of Library and Information Studies.

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