Origami Paper - Geisha Prints - Large 8 1/4" - 48 Sheets (9780804844802)

This pack contains 48 high-quality origami sheets printed with 8 authentic Japanese woodblock prints of geishas.

Origami Paper Geisha Prints allow you to add exotic elegance and beauty to folded origami models and paper craft projects.

This origami paper pack includes:

• 48 sheets of high-quality origami paper
• 8 Japanese geisha designs
• Double-sided color
• Large 8 1/4'' squares
• Origami basics and folding techniques
• Instructions for 6 easy origami projects

Often called "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e prints feature the elegant hostess-entertainers who populated the teahouses and drinking establishments of Japan's walled pleasure quarters during the end of the Edo period and into the twentieth century. Instantly recognizable by their white makeup, layered kimonos and elaborately pinned and tressed coiffure, these women were considered the epitome of beauty and poise.

Featured are the period's most accomplished artists, including Utagawa Kunisada, Suzuki Harunobu, Eishsai Choki, Torii Kiyonaga, and Katsukawa Shuncho. Lush accent colors appear on the reverse side, making them perfect for origami folding, gift-wrapping and scrapbooking applications.


About the Author:
Tuttle Studio draws inspiration from the modern and traditional cultures of Asia to create its language workbooks and resources, journals, stationery, gift wrapping products and origami paper. It is a division of Tuttle Publishing, a leading publisher of books on the languages, history, art and cultures of Asia. The company was founded in 1832 in Rutland, Vermont (USA) and opened a branch in Tokyo, Japan in 1948.