A traditional origami box folded, like the water lily, from the blintz base, producing a square, open-topped container whose form echoes the wooden masu, a square Japanese box originally used to measure portions of rice and today used mainly for drinking sake. As a folded-paper design the masu box is first documented in Isao Honda's 1931 Japanese origami book, though a related model, described independently in the West as an ashtray fold, appears as early as 1864 in the writing of Froebel-influenced educator Elise Calcar, and the design continued to appear across Japanese origami instruction through the mid-twentieth century.
Facts
OriginFirst documented as an origami design in Isao Honda's 1931 book, though an independently described related Western fold, the ashtray, is recorded from 1864; the paper form is named for the traditional square wooden rice-measuring box. 1 Distinguishing Technique or ResultA blintz-folded base is developed with a sequence of further folds that raise its four sides into walls, producing a square, open-topped box from a single uncut sheet. 1 Connections
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Tools Used
Bone Folder is used in Origami Masu Box Pattern.
Sources
1. History of the Blintz Box or Masu (Origami Heaven)
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