He-gassen
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2012) |
| He-Gassen | |
|---|---|
| Japanese: 屁合戦 | |
 | |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Year | Edo period |
He-Gassen (Japanese: 屁合戦 Farting Competition or Fart Battle) is a Japanese fart scroll created during Japan's Edo period by an unknown artist. The scroll has been digitized by the Waseda University Library. This scroll and similar drawings were created in response to increasing intrusion of Europeans in Japan during the Edo period. The art scroll features people, mostly men, in various states of undress farting the direction of other people, animals, and other objects.
References
- Henshall, Kenneth (2004). A history of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower (2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 70. ISBN 1-4039-1272-6.
External links
- Digitized scroll at the Waseda University Library
- The art of flatulence! How 200-year-old Japanese 'He-gassen' paintings really DO have a deep meaning, Daily Mail, 21. February 2012
- A good old Japanese farting competition
- Japanese fart scrolls prove that human art peaked centuries ago
 | This article related to art or architecture in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |