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Shennong (Shinnō)
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Shennong (Shinnō)

Shōryō (Japanese), artist · late 1400s–early 1500s · hanging scroll; ink on paper

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Shennong legendarily taught people how to farm and also how to use plants as medicine.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineShennong (Shinnō) (神農図), late 1400s–early 1500s. Shōryō (Japanese). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1986.48
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