Now here's a bit of a revelation... (I'm quoting exactly from the book which was written in Russian and translated into English)Quote: ... a famous predecessor and prototype of Russian matryoshka was bought to Russia from the Island of Honshu. It was a figurine of a good-natured bold headed old man, Buddhist sage by the name of Fukuruma. The doll contained some other figurines nestled inside one another there was a stamp on the figurine's butt end: made in Japan. By the way, the Japanese claimed that the first doll of such a type on the Island of Honshu was made by unknown Russian monk. Now the Fukuruma figurine is kept in the Artistic Pedagorical Museum of Toys (APMT) in Sergiev Posad.
Beautiful DD2, Briony gave me this book many years ago... Thanks again Bri-face!!
1 comment:
It's a lovely book, Pennie. I have one, too.
Post a Comment