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| | SAIKU HISTORICAL MUSEUM |
 | | @Saiku means both the former residence of the Saio, who was chosen with every@change of Emperor, and the administrative building, where the officials and servants lived who served@the Saio. |
 | | The buildings were stout wooden ones the roofs of which were made of cypress bark or thatch. |
 | | The Saio went to the Grand Shrine of Ise only three times a year for the important religious services - in June, September and December, In "The Tales of Ise","The Tales of Yamato", "The Tales of Genji",and in otherliterature of the period there are references to the brilliant life surroundingf Saiku and the Saio. |
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