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Constellations: HAA 2601 Special Topics Japanese - Objects & Images in Japanese Rituals
Although many of the objects and images we encounter in museum settings today were originally made for mortuary or other types of rituals in Japan, we generally treat them as art and have forgotten why they were made or how they were used. In this course, we will study objects and images from a wide range of historical periods and seek to reconstruct their meaning, function, and ritual context.