> ---- Wolf Weidner skrev ---- > the rise of the term "origami" began in the 1980s [1] > > Does anyone have an idea why that is? Look at the time line. In the fifties Yoshikawa had his breakthrough, the societies in USA and Britain were started, and Lillian Oppenheimer coined the term Origami for paperfolding. In the sixties, a number of books were published in English, and Harbin had a TV series in BBC.
In the seventies even more books were published in English, including great masters like Honda and Katakana. In my country, the first paperfolding book in Danish with "origami" in its title was published in 1970 (Harbin’s Origami 1) and a number of other origami books came out in Danish. So I think the critical mass of origami was simply reached in the eighties, together with a widespread fascination of Japan. Even though the Danish market did not top until the nineties. Se the (rather complete) list at http://papirfoldning.dk/da/boeger/danskealder.html. Regards, Hans Hans Dybkjær Home page: Papirfoldning.dk Society: foldning.dk
