David Mitchell asked me the favor of showing evidence of *Novelty Purse* being created by Mr. Yoshizawa. As I mentioned, my only proof is *Secrets of Origami: The Japanese Art of Paperfolding* (1971) by Robert Harbin.
In August, last year, I sent through the O-list a question with the following subject line: "The name of these tato and are they all really traditional?". Among others, Matt Green replied privately and sent me a picture from a page of his copy of the book, which states what I mentioned. I don't ask him which page. For some unknown reason, I'm not able to download his picture, but I was able to take a partial screenshot of it. I'm attaching it to this email. Hmmm... now that I look carefully, it seems to say "Akira Yoshijawa" wit a "j". Cheers. -- *Gerardo G.* gerardo(a)neorigami.com *Knowledge and Curiosity in Origami:* *six private classes online* <https://sites.google.com/neorigami.com/classes> "(...) It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it takes your breath away and fills you with the true joy of *origami*. I experienced this in my lessons with Gerardo G. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Gerardo is (...)" *C. R.* *Read the full review* <https://sites.google.com/neorigami.com/classes#h.q2mt4npahmc2>
