What instructions appeared in Akisato Rito’s Sembazuru orikata?

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Red origami crane with outstretched wings and pointed beak, displayed against a solid black background. — origami An origami crane.

Akisato Rito’s Sembazuru orikata (1797) is recognized as one of the earliest known books dedicated to origami instructions. The book provided guidance on how to create linked cranes that were both cut and folded from a single square of paper.1