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Fujimoto's Five Books are now Public Domain

October 23, 2022
Related people: Shuzo Fujimoto

Shuzo Fujimoto's five self-published books: Solid Origami,
Introduction to Creative Playing with Origami, and Twist Origami 1-3 
Shuzo Fujimoto's five self-published books: Solid Origami,
Introduction to Creative Playing with Origami, and Twist Origami 1-3

Yesterday, during an online event dedicated to Shuzo Fujimoto, I was
happy to announce that his children, Hitoshi Fujimoto and Shumi
Okada, being his heirs, have agreed to release his five
self-published books to the Public Domain. This means that you can
now copy, distribute, and use the contents of these books without any
restrictions (certain limitations may still apply in some
jurisdictions).

We made the books available in PDF format for anyone to download for
free -- visit each book's page to find additional information and a
link to the PDF:

  * Solid Origami (Li Ti Zhe riZhi ), first published in 1976
  * Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami (Chuang Zao suruZhe riZhi You bihe
    noZhao Dai ), first published in 1982
  * Twist Origami I (neziriZhe ri 1), first published in 1978
  * Twist Origami II (neziriZhe ri 2), first published in 1983
  * Twist Origami III (neziriZhe ri 3), first publication date unknown

This is a great gift to the origami community, and very generous of
Hitoshi Fujimoto and Shumi Okada.

In the picture, you can see the physical books which I had
professionally scanned in order to create the PDFs. Solid Origami is
one of the at least five editions of this book. I don't know its
publication year, but it's not the first edition which had a red and
white cover. The other four books are re-editions from 2007 which
were prepared by Satoko Saito and distributed by her and Paula
Versnick.

Catalog of Fujimoto's Works (CFW) Catalog of Fujimoto's Works (CFW)

During the event, I also made publicly available my Catalog of
Fujimoto's Works (CFW). It contains a listing of confirmed models
designed by Shuzo Fujimoto and assigns each a unique identifier, the
CFW number, which allows it to be unambiguously named. The catalog
contains references to Fujimoto's books, so the original place where
a model is mentioned and where instructions may be found, is listed
for each.

You can find the catalog here: Catalog of Fujimoto's Works (CFW).

Tags: books, free, PDF, Shuzo Fujimoto, Teng Ben Xiu San 

Categories: my-activities, origami

Published: October 23, 2022

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