There is an opinion that the matryoshka is not a traditional product of Russian craftsmanship but was created in 1890 as a result of inspiration with Japanese Daruma and Kokeshi dolls, including the doll-image of the sage Fukuruma or Fukurama, which contained the other six.
They were brought from Japan by the wife of an industrialist and patron of the arts, Sawwa Mamontov.
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