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Orizuru (origami crane)

In the Edo period, the word senbazuru
(literally 'thousand cranes') meant joint multiple
origami cranes folded from one piece of paper(renzuru)

This describes how to make 49 types of renzuru - the joining of 2 to 100 paper cranes out of one single sheet of paper. The descriptions, however, do not actually give specific steps on how to create the various types of renzuru, but only shows how one would prepare the necessary cuts in the open origami paper before making the renzuru.

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"How to Fold Cranes out of a Piece of Paper (Senbazuru origata)" "Written by Rokiku 1797 (Kansei 9)"

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