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Posted: **March 12th, 2007, 10:47 pm**

kingdomwinds wrote

thanks for the pics. But i have a question about the hands. http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Oa ... araku2.gif

What do the grayed parts mean? This cp only seems to tell me how to do the left hand. How is the right hand folded? I don't think they are identicle.

Posted: **March 13th, 2007, 3:14 am**

I can't wait to try this. Tomorrow I will look for some nice foiled back wrapping paper to try this with. Any Help with the hands would be much appreciated.

Posted: **March 13th, 2007, 5:38 pm**

Very handy pictures, thanks you guys

Posted: **March 14th, 2007, 4:59 am**

a great guide! this is pretty much my dream model. everything i do from here on out will merely be preparation

Posted: **March 17th, 2007, 3:55 am**

did anyone figure out to fold the hands yet?

Posted: **March 17th, 2007, 4:50 pm**

My, you're impatient...

Just wait a while, maybe even try contacting HOJYO Takashi (unless you already have)

Posted: **March 17th, 2007, 5:19 pm**

does Hojyo even respond to emails or even speak english?

Posted: **March 17th, 2007, 5:29 pm**

I have sent Hojyo Takashi an email. We shall see if I ever get a reply. the email was as follows:

Greetings Takashi-san,

I am an American and a fan of your work. I am speaking on behalf of the origami community at snkhan.co.uk. Recently there has been great interest in one of your masterpieces, the shibaraku. It is understood that this is an overly complex model and will not likely be diagrammed. However, I would like to inquire if you could perhaps provide those of us who are not up to the challenge with some kind of guide. The hands are overly complex and difficult and many of the images do not provide an adequate view to fold these. If you would be so kind, please help the origami community who share the love and enthusiasm of origami with you.

Many thanks, Matthew Mongeau

Posted: **March 17th, 2007, 5:31 pm**

His site is translated into english, and I remember reading something at the bottom of his introduction that said:

If you have any comments, please send it to me with e-mail within 10kbytes in Japanese or English, with your real name and address

Posted: **March 18th, 2007, 7:09 am**

It is diagram he make ok, but not know when book come.

Posted: **March 18th, 2007, 5:47 pm**

if Hojyo made a book with all his awesome human figures, i would jump on it immediately. I have folded most of his work. Violinist, aquarius, icarus, and gabriel. But this shibaraku is difficult to figure out.

Posted: **March 18th, 2007, 6:35 pm**

To be honest, kingdomwinds, I think you should take a break from this model. Maybe go fold something else, there are so many more diagrams in the tanteidan magazines!

Posted: **March 18th, 2007, 9:55 pm**

yeah i'll probably leave this model alone till someone figures it out. The rest of the shibaraku looks possible. Its just that hands that puzzle me.

Posted: **March 28th, 2007, 6:47 pm**

well looks like Hojyo never replied huh?

Posted: **September 27th, 2007, 3:15 am**

I wish some one made a video about the shibaraku on how to fold the details such as the head and the hands. I know that there is an extensive thread to crack kamiya's satoshi. Why is this model not getting any love?

I think it is a model that deserves attention. I can collapse the base but i have no idea how the final touches are made.

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Hojyo Takashi - Shibaraku (CP)

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