Russian Matryoshka dolls has Japanese origin
Did you know it? The Russian matryoshka dolls has Japanese origin. In a nutshell: The first Russian matryoshka doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin, designed by Sergey Malyutin. They are Russians,
but were inspired by a doll from
Honshu island of Japan. This is the original matryoshka set by Zvyozdochkin and Malyutin, 1892:
By Photo: RK812, Doll carved by Zvezdochkin, painted by Malyutin - Sergiev Posad Museum of Toys, Russia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5051554. And this is the possible Japanese influence: Daruma doll:
By Crisco 1492 - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40193679.
More about the Russian matryoshka in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll.
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