I agree, this is a very interesting topic. The drawings seem quite precise and consistent, and some are more like the Western version than others. Maybe there are instructions waiting to be found in some long-lost Japanese book.
That would be good. At present the earliest diagrams I have found for the Paper Boat (one folded from an oblong) in Japan are from 1907. Surely there must be something earlier than that?
What an interesting essay! Thank you!
I agree, this is a very interesting topic. The drawings seem quite precise and consistent, and some are more like the Western version than others. Maybe there are instructions waiting to be found in some long-lost Japanese book.
That would be good. At present the earliest diagrams I have found for the Paper Boat (one folded from an oblong) in Japan are from 1907. Surely there must be something earlier than that?