Shennong (Shinnō)

Shōryō (Japanese)late 1400s-early 1500s

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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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