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Shennong (Shinnō)

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.
- Accession no.
- 1986.48
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Shennong legendarily taught people how to farm and also how to use plants as medicine.
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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…









