Hi David, Last year we did a research project in Kyoto with Kyoto Institute of Technology. One of the researchers there investigated something about the origin of the crane, or the multi-crane usage, I forget what it was exactly. It's in Japanese and I have yet to pay for a proper translation of all their essays.
When I do, I'll forward you the information. Best, Matthew > On 26 Jun 2017, at 11:11 am, David Mitchell <davidmitchell...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > I have just been looking at what I can find out about the history of the > Tsuru ... lot's obviously! ... but I am left with a question which I hope > someone will be able to answer. > > It is not clear to me when the now established tradition of folding 1000 > cranes and/or stringing them together arose. Every avenue I follow up seems > to lead back to the story of Sadako Sasaki, who it appears did string cranes > together in this way, but I suspect that the tradition is much older than > that. > > Does anyone know of any evidence to establish this, please? > > Dave >
