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Also hikkōbori 筆耕彫. The engravers or block-carvers of written text woodblocks for printed books. From around the middle of the 18th century. This seems to have been a separate trade from the engravers horishi 彫師 of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 and single-sheet prints, and had its own professional organization.