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Skill Level :	From Intermediate to complex
Clear diagrams?	Yes
Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)?	Yes
Photos of completed models?	Yes
Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper?	Yes
Are the models "Pure" origami (From square - no cuts)?	Yes

Overall Impression

This is the long-awaited compliation of Hideo Komatsu's original work spanning many years of folding activity. One of my favorite designers, Komatsu's style is of the "Genuine Origami" school. Like the works of Jun Maekawa, Komatsu's models follow clean lines and angles to capture the subjects in geometric form. Usually there isn't much expressive work to add to the finished model.

Most models here were previously published, but in Japanese magazines and convention books which are hard to obtain now. Furthermore, most of the diagrams have been reworked for this book, and English instructions and design-notes added to all models. So even if you have the older diagrams, there is much to learn from this book.

As always with Origami House's books, the production quality of this book is superb, with beautiful pictures and high diagramming standards.

The Models

Model	Notes	Photo (click for a larger image)
Santa Claus	Also published in Tanteidan magazine #100
Rooster
Pig	Also published in Origami Tanteidan 16th convention book
Boar		Folded by Eyal Reuveni
Clown mask 2	I like the older mask better. It should have been included in the book as well!
Fox	Also published in Origami Tanteidan 7th convention book and in ORU magazine #14
Squirrel	Also published in Origami Tanteidan 3rd convention book
Panda	Also published in Tanteidan magazine #53
Rabbit	Also published in Origami Tanteidan 6th convention book
Horned owl	Also published (with a different perch) in Origami Tanteidan magazine #49
Horse	Also published in Origami Tanteidan magazine #60
Cat	Also published in Origami Tanteidan magazine #76
Dog	Also published in Origami Tanteidan magazine #80	Folded by Deiby
Sheep	Also published in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #105
Wolf	Also published in Tanteidan magazine #99
Giraffe	Also published in Origami Tanteidan's 2006 special issue
Hippopotamus	Also published in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #71	Folded by Eyal Reuveni
Japanese macaque	Also published in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #87	Folded by Gabriel Vong
Lion	Crease-pattern published in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #75	Folded by Guspath Go
Tiger	Also published in Origami Tanteidan 8th convention book and in Tanteidan magazine #44,#45,#46