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Senbazuru (thousand origami cranes) symbolizes hope and healing. Stringing together 1,000 paper cranes is believed to grant a wish or recovery from illness. The tradition gained global recognition through Sadako Sasaki's story, a Hiroshima bombing survivor who folded cranes while battling leukemia.
Intricately folded origami cranes in diverse patterns and colors, hanging together as part of a completed senbazuru offering. Vibrant paper cranes arranged in neat rows displaying the colorful variation in traditional senbazuru strands.
May 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
pixelmagekumiho.bsky.social
Late night senbazuru~
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Theme: #origami
#pixelart #ドット絵 #pixquare
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Rows of origami cranes strung with beads, floating in the night sky.
May 28, 2026 at 7:08 AM
mkosmul.bsky.social
A Visit to the BOS Library: Hiden Senbazuru Orikata (1797 original). Read the full report at origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2026-09...

#origami #折り紙 #OrigamiHistory #Colchester #BOS #BritishOrigamiSociety #HidenSenbazuruOrikata #origamicrane #senbazuru
September 26, 2026 at 8:42 PM
piperjdrake.bsky.social
ICYMI: I blogged about Senbazuru and what the legend of 1000 paper cranes has meant to me over time
piperjdrake.com/senbazuru-a-...
Senbazuru, a thousand paper cranes
Piper J. Drake shares thoughts about Senbazuru, folding a thousand paper cranes, and the search for cures for cancer.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
tanukinky.bsky.social
#doitwithme
#senbazuru #instructions #routine #daily #new #subject #dom #switch #bonding #bondage #gfe
February 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
totepilgrim.bsky.social
Senbazuru (salivando mientras espero el ramen de miso)
September 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
okiitora.bsky.social
B! Ein gefalteter Origami Kranich aus güldenem Metall im Friedenspark Nagasaki.
Er gilt heute als ein Zeichen des Friedens.

Die Geschichte eines Mädchens aus Hiroshima dazu: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_...
bzw.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senbazuru

'Faltbar' #FotoVorschlag
May 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
abbysandwich.bsky.social
#Senbazuru
#SumiE
#VastTransitions
#KanjiArt
Nature turns to art, and moments turn to memories. One thousand posts of vast transitions. Thank you for flying with me.
January 8, 2026 at 4:55 AM
marclivolsi.bsky.social
Someone made this incredibly tiny senbazuru out of ACARS printer paper, and left it in the jet. I admired it, and left it on the panel for the next crew to admire, and enjoy its good fortune.
A very tiny senbazuru - an origami crane - is dwarfed by the palm of a hand, with the control panel of a jetliner in the background
March 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
sameena-jehanzeb.de
Meditatives Vorhaben für 2025: 1.000 Kraniche falten.
Aktuell: 7/1000

#1000Kraniche #senbazuru #Origami
Vier rote Origami-Kraniche mit weißem Blumenmuster auf weißem Hintergrund.
December 26, 2024 at 12:34 PM
gnomeicide.bsky.social
#NeverAgain #Hiroahima #Senbazuru #PaperCranes #6thAugust
Two origami paper cranes, one blue, one yellow.
August 6, 2026 at 6:49 AM
elgringofeo.bsky.social
The Japanese tradition of senbazuru says that if you fold 1000 origami cranes, your deepest wish will come true.

Similarly, to become canonized in the Church of Dudeism, you must roll and give away 1000 joints.

I'm not sure how far along I am, but I gotta be getting close...

#WeedSky
10 freshly rolled joints (strain Jack Herer)
February 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
rhondakwrites.bsky.social
Time to Senbazuru.
November 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM
infiniteishq.bsky.social
#Scape #photography

Senbazuru

With each bending fold
We ascend to achieve more
Peace love deep healing

❤️‍🩹 Singapore 🇸🇬
Origami creatures sit on a wooden table along with delicate Japanese weeping cherry blossoms 🌸 Singapore 🇸🇬
February 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
gnomeicide.bsky.social
Never again. #hiroshima #hiroshima80 #senbazuru #SadakoSasaki
An origami paper crane, purple paper on a carpet.
August 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
mifiguemifigue.bsky.social
Senbazuru in progress(37)
Photo d'un sac en papier contenant des grues en origami de différentes tailles et couleurs.
March 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
roger1952.bsky.social
1000 origami cranes, Senbazuru 千羽鶴 - Senbazuru is a string of a thousand paper cranes. It is usually sent to a person who is ill or injured as a prayer for recovery. The crane is symbolic of happiness and long life in Japan. Text by Kumi Ito on Pinterest. Photography by skinnie40 on 500px
A dense cascade of brightly colored paper cranes hangs in long, vertical strands from a hook attached to a wooden structure. The cranes form a vivid gradient, shifting from deep reds and pinks at the top through yellows, greens, blues, and finally purples near the bottom. Each strand is tightly folded and closely packed, creating a textured, almost fabric‑like curtain of origami. Above the strands sits a shiny decorative ball that catches the light and adds a festive accent. The wooden slats behind the display are weathered and dark, providing a rustic backdrop that makes the colors appear even more luminous. The overall impression is one of care, patience, and devotion, evoking the tradition of senbazuru — one thousand paper cranes offered as a symbol of hope, healing, and heartfelt wishes.
February 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
andrewmale.bsky.social
#NowPlaying Hard to think of a more beautiful LP cover. I gingerly took the obi-strip off so you could see it in its full glory. I think the album title translates as The Days I Held a Thousand Cranes in My Mouth, a reference to the Japanese art of senbazura. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_tho...
Kazuki Tomokawa - Senbazuru Wo Kuchini Kuwaeta Hibi (Harvest, 1977)
July 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
mimmimossa.bsky.social
Die Installationen:
1. #senbazuru
An den Bäumen befestigte Papierkraniche. In allen Farben.

Der Begriff Senbazuru =1000 Kraniche. Nach einer Legende wird jemensch, der:die tausend Origamikraniche faltet, von den Göttern ein Wunsch erfüllt. Indbesondere was Gesundheit angeht
Foto: Detail Installation Senbazuru. Ursprünglich im Botanischen Garten Basel. 2021 ( Zwischenprüfung: Schule für Kunst& Design Bern) Ein knorriger Ast an dem Papierkraniche hängen.
September 7, 2023 at 5:38 AM
camelliakyoto.bsky.social
A folded crane is called an 'orizuru' (折鶴). It is said that if you fold a thousand cranes, collectively known as 'senbazuru' (千羽鶴), you will be granted one wish.
In total Sadako folded around 1300, but sadly her wish did not come true and she died on October 25th 1955.
#千羽鶴
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August 6, 2026 at 5:08 AM
lynmac.bsky.social
Looking up at a section of 1000 Cranes, an installation at Vivid 2018.

Artists: Ambient & Co- Christopher Simpson, Isabella Bain, Anthony Zeater, James Rotanson, Khanh Nguyen

Can't miss the #lights in this one 😂*

#photography

*see my previous #BlueSkyArtShow submission
A section of an installation at Vivid 2018. 1000 Cranes is inspired by an ancient Japanese legend: if a group of 1000 origami cranes (known in Japanese as senbazuru) are hung in one’s home it will act as a powerful and benevolent charm and bring good luck. The installation is a canopy of hanging origami cranes that light up as visitors move through the space. As the crowd grows more cranes light up until 1000 cranes are fully illuminated. The light colours of the cranes are individually white, blue, red, purple orange and yellow in this section captured. Most of them are purple. Some cranes are dark, not lit up. Artists: Ambient & Co- Christopher Simpson, Isabella Bain, Anthony Zeater, James Rotanson, Khanh Nguyen.
September 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM
robertemond.bsky.social
#ColorADay | #RedWed
From the 2023 mochi-tsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) celebration at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in LA. The banner says, “Senbazuru”, which translates to "1,000 cranes"

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#WestCoastKin #LA #Travel #NewYears
A red banner with four white cranes on the ground with several flying in the background beneath a white sun or full moon. The banner says Senbazuru, which translates to "1,000 cranes" in Japanese, is a longstanding tradition of folding one thousand origami paper cranes. In Japanese culture, the crane symbolizes longevity, happiness, and good fortune. Folding a thousand cranes is often undertaken as a prayer for someone who is ill to recover, or as a wish for personal happiness and good luck. Photo by Robert Emond.
August 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
kurokuroart.bsky.social
the reason why i started folding paper cranes.

a thread 🧵

#papercrane #senbazuru #origami
November 23, 2024 at 1:06 AM
amayavsinger.bsky.social
DOUSHITE is out!! I hope you enjoy this powerful ballad we have prepared for you all on this hot hot summer 🤍
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Available on YT!
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July 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
jspacewoman.bsky.social
Mood.

(thanks to @andrewmale.bsky.social for the reminder)
Senbazuru wo Kuchini Kuwaeta Hibi (千羽鶴を口にくわえた日々), which translates to The Days I Held a Thousand Paper Cranes in My Mouth, by Kazuki Tomokawa (友川かずき), released in 1977.
July 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM