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I remembered where I had one of the wallets that his mom brought back from Japan. She had given it to me knowing about all the calligraphy and ink drawings I had done with bamboo brushes before.
I don't know how you would be able to make one of these, since they use a thick type of rice paper called yuzen. It's so tough that it can be used like cloth, which is what the Japanese do to create these wallets. It's actually a piece of yuzen paper that's been folded until it becomes as sturdy as cardboard.
It looks like on my wallet that it's been folded 4 times to get the cardboard sturdiness. Then before sewing it together on the sides, it is put in a trifold and the lower two thirds are sewn together at the hem. The top third remains free and acts as a cover.
The link I gave earlier is selling them for $4.50 right now. It's usually $6 on their store, and at other places online the same wallets tend to sell for $10. Depending on the paper used, some are $20. But those are from small companies.
The only paper I know of in the U.S. that has the durability of yuzen is along the lines of our money, which does have cotton threads in it to make it more durable.
I do know that this kind of paper is made out of mulberry, so if you really want to make one of your own, then you can get a large piece of mulberry paper and try to sew that together. Or just simply get cloth fabric that is sturdy enough to keep its shape.
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