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Shennong (Shinnō)

Shennong (Shinnō), by Shōryō, unspecified, 1500
Shennong (Shinnō), by Shōryō, unspecified, 1500

Shennong (Shinnō) is an unspecified painting by the Renaissance artist Shōryō. It dates from 1500 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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

Artist & collection

Portrait of Shōryō

Artist

Shōryō

Ikiryō , also known as shōryō (しょうりょう), seirei (せいれい), or ikisudama (いきすだま), is a disembodied spirit or ghost in Japanese popular belief and fiction that leaves the body of a living person and subsequently haunts other…

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