Like many other aspects of Japanese culture, origami, from the word ori, meaning to fold, and gami, meaning paper, is said to have originated in China. It is thought that paper was first made and folded in China during the first or second century, and from there it developed into Japanese origami. The earliest record of the Japan craft dates back to the Heian Period, which occurred from 794 to 1185 AD. During this period, Japan’s nobility had its golden age and was a time of great cultural and artistic advances. Paper was still a rare commodity, so origami was More >