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Why OpenAlthough the word origami has Japanese roots, the practice of paper folding is universal, with separate traditions documented in Europe, China and Japan, and its ultimate origin remains unknown. It is not even certain when play-made paper models began in Japan itself: the earliest suggestive evidence is a sword fitting decorated with a folded-paper crane from the late 1500s or early 1600s. 1 What Would ResolveSecurely dated paper-folding artifacts or documentary references earlier than the Japanese sword fitting and the earliest European folding traditions, tying a specific place and period to the first paper folded for play rather than ceremony. 1 Discipline NeededHistory of technology, art history 1 Open Question
Although the word origami has Japanese roots, the practice of paper folding is universal, with separate traditions documented in Europe, China and Japan, and its ultimate origin remains unknown. It is not even certain when play-made paper models began in Japan itself: the earliest suggestive evidence is a sword fitting decorated with a folded-paper crane from the late 1500s or early 1600s.
What would resolve this Securely dated paper-folding artifacts or documentary references earlier than the Japanese sword fitting and the earliest European folding traditions, tying a specific place and period to the first paper folded for play rather than ceremony.
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