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- Sacred objects in secular spaces: exhibiting Asian religions in museums We have long recognized that many objects in museums were originally on display in temples, shrines, or monasteries, and were religiously significant to the communities that created and used them. How, though, are such objects to be understood, described, exhibited, and handled now that they are in museums? Are they still sacred objects, or formerly sacred objects that are now art objects, or are they simultaneously objects of religious and artistic significance, depending on who is viewing the object?
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Ogata Korin (Japanese, 1658–1716), Design of Morning-Glory and Other Flowers, Edo period (1615–1868).
Polychrome woodblock print (album leaf); ink and color on paper.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP1829
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
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This guide was originally authored by Chris Smith, April, 2023.