LSE4328314 Beggars at the door of a dead man, customary practice imposes on wealthy families the obligation to set up at the door of their house, on the eve of the funeral ceremony, a servant responsible for distributing almones in small currency to all the poor who come to claim the favor. Engraving to illustrate Japan, travel story by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in 1863-1864, published in ???e 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.: Beggars at the door of a dead man, customary practice imposes on wealthy families the obligation to set up at the door of their house, on the eve of the funeral ceremony, a servant responsible for distributing almones in small currency to all the poor who come to claim the favor. Engraving to illustrate Japan, travel story by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in 1863-1864, published in ???e tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages?? under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1868, Paris. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.