Sawanoi Museum of Combs and Ornamental Hairpins After the lunch, we went to the Sawanoi Museum of Combs and Ornamental Hairpins. There were scores of beautiful and decorative hair ornaments and hairpins and combs, all of which have been worn by historical celebrities and used at famous events between 1300 and 1868, and some miniature wigs and less decorative and smaller hairpins which were worn by the ladies at the beginning of the 20th century. The museum houses a total of 4,000 hair ornaments. They were made of wood, ivory, tortoiseshell, horse hooves, and glass and were made in a wide variety of shapes applied with gold, silver lacquering, pearls, and decorated with the symbolic Japanese nature, e.g. cherry blossoms, bonsai trees, shoal of carp, chrysanthemum, azaleas, and Fuji Mountain. After looking at Hiroshige's paintings, we
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