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ORU magazine #7

Published: 1994 by Sojusha
Pages: 160
Binding: Paperback
Language: Japanese

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Some Articles
Photos of Various Swiss Army knives
"America" series - Mark W. Kennedy and his magnificent jewelery
John Montroll's work - with lots of photos
Young artists: Munenori Ishihara, Naoto Noguchi and Satoshi Kamiya's work (neat Sumo wrestlers)
Folding a large fan
Old diagrams of folding Japanese personages
Mathematical section (?) seems to discuss getting more points from your paper (?)
Weaving
The traditional Junk fold
Tigers - Nishikawa's tigers (with a nice example of a crane with a tiger's face)
Wild boars by Akira Yoshizawa with beautiful b&w photos
Geometric folds and tessellations
A sundial to cut and fold
A religious ceremony involving very big paper hats...
More that I can't figure out...
The Models
Model Creator Notes Photo (click for larger image)
Boar Akira Yoshizawa Simple variation  
Boar Akira Yoshizawa More complex
Sun dial Jun Maekawa To cut and fold  
Raccoon John Montroll Also diagrammed in Origami Inside-Out
Tiger Seiji Nishikawa Excellent - with magnificent facial features
Also published in Origami: El Mundo Nuevo and in Works of Seiji Nishikawa
Smile! Masaya Horiguchi Lips and full set of teeth - one of my favorites.
Also published in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami
Pig Yamada Katsuhisa    
Crimson plum Tomoko Tanako Multi-part  
Swan Toshio Chino    
Stegosaurus Takai Hiroaki Cute and spiky
Folded by Origami Plaza
Eskimo Kunihiko Kasahara Cute  
Kusudama Makoto Yamaguchi From 60 squares  
Boar Makoto Yamaguchi Simple  
Box & Party box Japanese and Abe Hisashi 2 variations  
Frog & snake Kunihiko Kasahara Woven  from stripes