{"id":7197,"date":"2026-04-30T19:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.kogei-japonica.com\/media\/?p=7197"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:09:21","slug":"origami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.kogei-japonica.com\/media\/skills\/origami\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Origami: From Japanese Ceremony to Space Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"

Origami is widely known as a children’s pastime, but it is equally a cultural practice that has grown from Japanese papercraft, ceremonial etiquette, and classroom education into contemporary art, architecture, and aerospace engineering<\/strong>. The word itself \u2014 combining ori<\/em> (to fold) and kami<\/em> (paper) \u2014 passed into global use without translation, a signal of how completely the practice has been absorbed into international culture.<\/p>\n

This article addresses a set of questions that go beyond the basics: when and how did origami emerge? Who gave modern origami its international form? And why do engineers designing space telescopes turn to paper-folding for answers? By approaching origami as a tradition where craft intelligence and formal knowledge meet, its significance becomes considerably clearer.<\/p>\n

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