Easy to fold with a 15cm paper even

How to fold Sugomori

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Put the paper like this picture.

Then make a mountain-fold on the blue line and move the top left and bottom right to the center.

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Make a mountain-fold and move the top left and bottom right like this picture.

Then fold the flap in the direction of the arrow.

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Fold the flap like this picture.

Then make creases at the dotted lines.

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Fold the paper like this picture.
(Fold the bottom to the diagonal crease.)

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On the other side, fold the paper like this picture.
(Fold the left to the diagonal crease.)

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After making creases, rotate the paper 180 degrees.

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Rotate the paper like this picture.

Then fold the flap on the dotted line in the direction of the arrow.

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Fold the flap like this picture.

Then make creases at the dotted lines.

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Fold the paper like this picture.
(Fold the bottom to the diagonal crease.)

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On the other side, fold the paper like this picture.
(Fold the left to the diagonal crease.)

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After making creases, spread the paper.

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Then make a mountain-fold on the blue line and move the top right and bottom left to the center.

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Make a mountain-fold and move the top right and bottom left like this picture.

Then fold the flap in the direction of the arrow.

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After folding the flap, rotate the paper 90 degrees.

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Rotate the paper 90 degrees like this picture.

Then repeat the 24th step to the 31th step one more time to make creases.

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After making creases, it looks like this picture.

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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.

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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.

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

Make sure the direction of each crane

Make a small crane so that the yellow line is changed to wings.
Make a big crane so that the circled parts are changed to wings.


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

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!

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