LSE4328343 The matsouri (fair, procession) of Roksamia, Kami temple in the vicinity of Yedo (or Edo, present-day Tokyo), on the 5th day of the 5th month of the year, the crowd gather to collect medicinal herbs in the forest and in the evening, the priests organize a solemn procession to walk the relics and holy objects in the forest until a bucher, to the sound of fives, gongs and drums, illuminated by many paper lanterns, the crowd joins them for a festive celebration.Engraving to illustrate Japan, a 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. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The matsouri (fair, procession) of Roksamia, Kami temple in the vicinity of Yedo (or Edo, present-day Tokyo), on the 5th day of the 5th month of the year, the crowd gather to collect medicinal herbs in the forest and in the evening, the priests organize a solemn procession to walk the relics and holy objects in the forest until a bucher, to the sound of fives, gongs and drums, illuminated by many paper lanterns, the crowd joins them for a festive celebration.Engraving to illustrate Japan, a 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.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.