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Originally a Japanese folktale - 'Momotaro, the Peach Boy' becomes war-time propaganda in the first feature-length (and v influential) Anime:

'Momotaro: Sacred Sailors / 桃太郎 海の神兵 / Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei / Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors' (1945) dir. Mitsuyo Seo.

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For #FairyTaleTuesday --- distaffs/spinning wheels can be found in folklore across the world. They have been imbued with many different cultural meanings & often symbolise/problematise power within the domestic sphere:

'Dornröschen / Sleeping Beauty' (1943) dir. Ferdinand Diehl.

In cinema, #DollsPuppetsToys can pop up in the most unexpected places! Here we have Mickey Rooney's fruit orchestra from:

'Strike up the Band' (1940) dir. Busby Berkeley.

To celebrate the magnificent art in @mrjamesmayhew's new book 'Koshka's Tales', here we have a glorious Soviet animation of:

'The Humpbacked Horse / Конёк-Горбуно́к / Konyok Gorbunok / The Magic Pony' (1947) dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano.

How about some traditional English pantomime puppetry for #DollsPuppetsToys?

Adapted from the English fairytale dating back several thousand years - the 1922 production of 'Jack & the Beanstalk' at London Hippodrome.

Footage: @BritishPathe

@pwadey Yes, indeed! And far more cozy. This was the copy I remember - with the funky '70's typeface.

When #Caturday meets #DollsPuppetsToys --- An early anime that's almost *too* adorable - but has a strong political subtext & demonstrates the lineage of the kawaii aesthetic:

'Suteneko Tora-chan / Little Tora: The Abandoned Cat' (1947) dir. Kenzô Masaoka.

Kihachirō Kawamoto brings his typically glorious Bunraku sensibility to the exquisite craft of Czech puppetry -- his Sleeping Beauty adaptation co-produced with the Jiří Trnka Studio in Prague.

#DollsPuppetsToys

'Briar-Rose / Dornröschen' (1990) dir. Kihachirō Kawamoto.

Something special to behold for #DollsPuppetsToys --- created in 1930 by one of the most remarkable animation teams ever:

'Le roman de Renard / The Tale of the Fox' (1937) dir. Ladislas Starevich, Irene Starewicz.