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Origami Masu
by
Dave Brill
Origami Masu
Copyright Dave Brill 2002
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Origami Masu
Dave Brill
Contents
2 Introduction
3 Square Masu
9 Pentagonal Masu
2
Introduction
Wh
at’
s a
ma
su
? I
t’s
a s
ma
ll J
ap
an
es
e w
oo
de
n b
ox
us
ed
in
fo
rme
r ti
me
s
for
me
as
uri
ng
ric
e o
r b
ea
ns
. It
’s n
ow
mo
re f
req
ue
ntl
y u
se
d a
s a
cu
p f
or
dri
nk
ing
sa
ke
at
we
dd
ing
s o
r in
re
sta
ura
nts
an
d b
ars
.
As
a s
ub
jec
t fo
r a
n o
rig
am
i d
es
ign
, it
’s n
ot
ne
w:
the
cla
ss
ic o
rig
am
i b
ox
m
ad
e f
rom
a b
lintz
ed
sq
ua
re i
s a
sim
ple
fo
ld p
op
ula
r w
ith
be
gin
ne
rs a
nd
e
xp
ert
s a
like
. I
firs
t s
aw
a r
ea
l w
oo
de
n m
as
u i
n K
yo
to i
n 1
99
3,
wh
en
I w
as
str
uc
k b
y
the
be
au
ty o
f th
e s
imp
le b
ox
sh
ap
e,
the
wa
rmth
of
the
wo
od
, th
e e
leg
an
t p
rop
ort
ion
s a
nd
th
e p
rec
isio
n o
f th
e j
oin
ts.
It w
as
n’t
un
til
aft
er
my
re
turn
to
En
gla
nd
, w
hile
cu
rsin
g m
ys
elf
fo
r n
ot
ha
vin
g b
ou
gh
t o
ne
, th
at
I
res
olv
ed
to
try
an
d d
es
ign
an
ori
ga
mi
ve
rsio
n.
My
aim
wa
s t
o r
ep
rod
uc
e
the
de
pth
of
the
wa
lls w
ith
an
in
ne
r la
ye
r, a
t th
e s
am
e t
ime
att
em
pti
ng
to
im
ita
te t
he
ma
su
’s s
imp
licit
y a
nd
co
mp
lete
ne
ss
of
form
.
Wo
rkin
g f
rom
me
mo
ry,
I fo
un
d t
ha
t a
n A
4 r
ec
tan
gle
ga
ve
me
th
e
req
uir
ed
str
uc
ture
: I
bo
rro
we
d f
old
ing
id
ea
s f
rom
Sh
uz
o F
ujim
oto
on
th
e
wa
y,
na
me
ly t
he
ite
rati
ve
div
isio
n i
nto
fiv
e e
qu
al
pa
rts
, th
e t
wis
t lo
ck
w
hic
h f
orm
s t
he
ba
se
of
the
in
ne
r la
ye
r, a
nd
th
e f
ina
l ro
tati
ng
lo
ck
on
th
e
ou
tsid
e w
hic
h p
ay
s t
rib
ute
to
Fu
jimo
to’s
ma
ste
rfu
l c
ub
e.
On
a r
etu
rn v
isit
to
Ky
oto
, I
did
bu
y t
hre
e m
as
u o
f d
iffe
ren
t s
ize
s,
an
d I
w
as
de
ligh
ted
to
fin
d t
ha
t m
y o
rig
am
i v
ers
ion
ma
tch
ed
alm
os
t e
xa
ctl
y t
he
d
ime
ns
ion
s o
f th
e m
idd
le-s
ize
d o
ne
! M
ak
e a
Fu
jimo
to c
ub
e f
rom
a 1
5 c
m s
qu
are
, a
nd
yo
u’ll
fin
d i
t fi
ts
pe
rfe
ctl
y i
nto
th
e A
4 s
qu
are
ma
su
. D
av
e B
rill
Po
yn
ton
O
cto
be
r 2
00
2
11
10
3
Square Masu
4
9
Pentagonal Masu
8
The pentagonal variation
T
he
pe
nta
go
na
l m
as
u d
oe
s n
ot
rea
lly e
xis
t o
uts
ide
ori
ga
mi,
bu
t h
av
ing
a
ch
iev
ed
a r
ea
so
na
ble
sq
ua
re r
es
ult
fro
m a
n A
4 r
ec
tan
gle
, I
so
on
ha
d t
he
id
ea
th
at
I c
ou
ld m
ak
e u
se
of
the
ap
pro
xim
ate
pe
nta
go
na
l g
eo
me
try
of
the
A4
re
cta
ng
le.
I h
ad
da
bb
led
wit
h t
his
co
nc
ep
t b
efo
re,
pro
du
cin
g a
d
od
ec
ah
ed
ron
an
d v
ari
ou
s o
the
r m
od
ula
r c
on
str
uc
tio
ns
. T
he
fo
llow
ing
d
es
ign
is
th
e
res
ult
. W
he
rea
s
it
is
po
ss
ible
to
m
ak
e
the
s
qu
are
ma
su
fro
m a
re
cta
ng
le o
the
r th
an
an
A4
(p
rov
idin
g i
t is
of roughly
th
e s
am
e p
rop
ort
ion
!),
yo
u m
us
t u
se
an
A4
fo
r th
e p
en
tag
on
al
ma
su
in
o
rde
r to
ta
ke
a
dv
an
tag
e
of
the
n
ec
es
sa
ry,
alb
eit
a
pp
rox
ima
te,
hid
de
n
pe
nta
go
na
l g
eo
me
trie
s w
ith
in.
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