September 23, 2022 Here's a visual treat: a digitized copy of a beautiful accordion-fold origami book from 1935, now in the Tress Collection, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia. The curator, Lynne Farrington, tells me that only a small part of the collection has been fully catalogued and even less digitized so far, so there may well be more origami.
Meanwhile, there's an exhibition and an upcoming virtual/in-person symposium about the collector, the photographer Arthur Tress, and his collection (see announcement below). For much more about Origami moyō, Books One and Two, see David Mitchell's invaluable posts at Origami Heaven: http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyorigamimoyobookone.htm https://www.origamiheaven.com/historyorigamimoyobooktwo.htm Here's the link to UPenn's digital copy of Book One (two-page spreads) and catalogue entry: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33x83w3m Origami moyō / Kawarasaki Kodo cho. <https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33x83w3m> [image: Sha256e s4629 bb15592c85883d9dbc5da54854793cacfa4c55ddc9af0498910fca783a15c8f4] <https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33x83w3m> Title:Origami moyō / Kawarasaki Kodo cho.Subject:Paper art -- Japan -- Design.; Origami -- Japan -- Design.; Paper art.; Accordion fold format (Binding)Description:Kislak Center Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.Corporate Name:United Nations. Statistical Division. publisher.; Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books (University of Pennsylvania)Date:1935Language: JapaneseCreator:Kawarasaki, Kōdō, author.Publisher:Kyoto : Unsōdō; Showa 10 [1935]Rights:http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Collection:Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books (University of Pennsylvania)Call Number:Box 81, Item 4 > From: Farrington, Lynne <ly...@pobox.upenn.edu> > Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 3:34 PM > Subject: [SHARP-L] Upcoming exhibition and symposium: Arthur Tress and the > Japanese Illustrated Book, Sept 29-30 > To: shar...@list.indiana.edu <shar...@list.indiana.edu> > Announcing the exhibition and opening symposium (hybrid-virtual and in > person) celebrating the Japanese illustrated book collection of the > contemporary photographer Arthur Tress, which will be presented in > conversation with a selection of his photographs. The exhibition and > symposium are free and open to the public, though registration is required > to attend the symposium. https://www.library.upenn.edu/tress Karen Reeds Karen Reeds, ringleader Princeton Public Library Origami Group (on hiatus during pandemic) Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/ karenmre...@gmail.com cc: Lynne Farrington
