Get easier to fold with a 17.5cm paper

How to fold Horai

(68)
If you make valley-folds on the dotted lines, it will get easier to fold this model.
Therefore, make valley-folds on the dotted lines.
At that time, try not to make valley-folds on the blue lines.

(69)
Fold the paper like this picture.

(70)
On the other side, fold the paper like this picture.

(71)
On the top, fold the paper like this picture.

(72)
On the bottom, fold the paper like this picture.

(73)
Finally, make basic-creases in the yellow square.

Basic-creases are which are the green lines and the blue lines in this picture.

You have already made the green lines.
Therefore, make the blue lines.

(74)
After making creases, it looks like this picture.

Making creases is completed!

Cut the paper

Cut your paper after making creases!

<reference>『Hiden-Senbazuru-Orikata』- was published in 1797

Cut the paper while referencing the diagram.

This is an enlarged picture of the inside connecting part.

I used a 17.5×17.5cm paper.
I left about 2mm+2mm=4mm for the length of the connecting part.

This is an enlarged picture of the outside connecting part.

Cut the paper until a half of width.

Make sure the direction of each crane

Make the bottom four cranes so that the circled parts are changed to wings.

You can make this model even if you fold the top crane so that the top crane face in either direction.


After making sure the direction of each crane, make the model – Horai.

In the next pages, there is how to make the model.
If you try to make it by yourself, I recommend that you don’t look at the next page!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9