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I want you to make a wish

Treat the table as if it will never happen this way again, because it will not.

Fold 01 / 08

Crane

Longevity and the thousand-crane wish, senbazuru.

A swept wing, pinched body, long neck, reverse-folded head, and narrow tail flap.

色 / Iro
Fold
Stage Flat square
Reveal Choose one form, then pull each fold open.

Tsuru is ready.

Woodblock-printed book pages from A Thousand Cranes and How to Fold Them, Japan, 1797, showing a crane and figures.
A Thousand Cranes and How to Fold Them, Japan, 1797. Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
Make a wish Senbazuru, the thousand-crane tradition, turns repetition into hope: a wish carried patiently through paper, crease by crease.