妙々/Myomyo
“妙々/Myomyo” is one model of 49 kinds of “連鶴/Renzuru”.
Renzuru means connected-cranes which are made of only one paper without glue and tape.
49 kinds of Renzuru was in the book which is “秘伝千羽鶴折形/Hiden-Senbazuru-Orikata”.
The book was published in 1797.
— Total difficulty level —
☆3:☆☆☆・・・・・・・
— By item —
Tear easily :☆☆・・・
Complexity :☆☆・・・
Hard to fold:☆・・・・
Myomyo is the model that a small crane is connected to a tail of a big crane.
A connecting part is different from other Renzuru models.
Therefore, fold this model carefully!
Completed Myomyo
![](https://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-00.jpg)
The diagram of Myomyo
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/myoumyou-diagram.png)
<reference>『Hiden-Senbazuru-Orikata』- was published in 1797
Preparation of an origami paper
【Size】
a 17.5×17.5cm paper or it is bigger than 17.5cm.
【Kinds】
・Basic origami paper
・Double sided origami paper
・Washi paper
I made this model with a 17.5×17.5cm basic origami paper.
If you use a big paper, it will get easier to make a small crane!
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-01.jpg)
Fold the paper in half.
Make creases a little on the top and until a quarter of length on the bottom.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-02.jpg)
Then fold the right edge to the crease that you have made to make a crease at the dotted line.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-03.jpg)
After making creases, cut the paper along the blue line that you have made.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-04.jpg)
After cutting the paper, it looks like this picture.
Then fold the paper diagonally to make a crease at the dotted line.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-05.jpg)
Fold the paper like this picture.
Then turn the paper over as it is.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-06.jpg)
Put the paper like this picture.
Then fold the bottom upwards to make a crease at the dotted line.
(Fold the bottom upwards along an edge of a triangle.)
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-07.jpg)
Fold the paper like this picture.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-08.jpg)
This picture is taken from the back.
Fold the paper along an edge of a triangle like this picture.
After making a crease, unfold the paper.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-a-09.jpg)
After making creases, it looks like this picture.
Preparing an origami paper is completed!
Make creases
To make creases on a paper before cutting the paper is very important.
If you cut a paper first before making creases, it will get harder to make creases on the paper.
Also, there’s a possibility that the paper is cut halfway when making creases.
This step is making basic-creases on each square.
On the other page, there is how to make basic-creases.
I will paste the link down below.
![](https://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/renzuru-top-en1-320x180.jpg)
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/renzuru-fold8.png)
Make basic-creases, which are the green lines and the blue lines in this picture, on each square in the paper.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-b-03.jpg)
Make basic-creases in each yellow square.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-b-04.jpg)
This picture is taken after making basic-creases in each yellow square.
Please make sure whether there are the creases, which are the green lines and the blue lines in the 2 pictures ago, in each yellow square.
Cut the paper
Cut your paper after making creases!
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/myoumyou-diagram.png)
<reference>『Hiden-Senbazuru-Orikata』- was published in 1797
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-c-01.jpg)
Cut the paper while referencing the diagram.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-c-03.jpg)
The yellow line is marked at one fourth of length of a small square.
The left cut is one fourth of the length.
I used a 17.5×17.5cm paper.
The small square is about 4.3×4.3cm.
I left about 4mm for a connecting part.
(I recommend that you leave more than one sixteenth and less than one eighth of length of a small paper.)
Make sure the direction of each crane
When making Renzuru, to fold cranes while making sure the direction of each crane is very important.
On this site, I will draw lines on each square in a picture.
Make cranes so that the lines are changed to wings.
I recommend that you draw lines lightly on the back in order not to make a mistake.
![](http://renzuru-fold.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/myoumyou-d-01.jpg)
Make cranes so that the yellow lines are changed to wings.
After making sure the direction of each crane, make the model – Myomyo.
In the next page, 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!