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Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Shennong (Shinnō)

late 1400s–early 1500s

Shōryō

(Japanese)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
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.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1986.48
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Shennong legendarily taught people how to farm and also how to use plants as medicine.
  • ?–1986
    (Joe Brotherton [1918–2012], San Francisco, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1986–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79. Reproduced: p. 77; Mentioned: p. 75, no. 205 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
  • {{cite web|title=Shennong (Shinnō)|url=false|author=Shōryō|year=late 1400s–early 1500s|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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