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Shennong (Shinnō)

Shōryō (Japanese)late 1400s-early 1500s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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  • Title: Shennong (Shinnō)
  • Creator: Shōryō (Japanese)
  • Date Created: late 1400s-early 1500s
  • Physical Dimensions: Painting only: 66.5 x 56.2 cm (26 3/16 x 22 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 161 x 56.2 cm (63 3/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.48
  • Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
  • Original Title: 神農図
  • Fun Fact: Shennong legendarily taught people how to farm and also how to use plants as medicine.
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)
  • Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
  • Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
  • Accession Number: 1986.48
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