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LSE4328269: A sculpture workshop in Yedo (or Edo, present-day Tokyo), pruning granite for the manufacture of pillars, statuettes, candelabra and tombstones, as well as wood carving, for the manufacture of altar panels, decorative woodwork, coffins and chimeric figurines that adorn the roofs of temples. Engraving to illustrate Japan, travel story by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in 1863-1864, published in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1868, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images