In 1896, a Japanese artist took a nesting doll to an art exhibition in Russia. Russian artists took inspiration from Japanese nesting dolls and started making their own versions. Nesting dolls quickly became popular in Russia. Back then, toys to help children learn were in high demand.
Because it is way to hot to live inland!
It is used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions. And their intermediate points.
China and Japan I hoped this helped :)