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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsRemember - This is Art- The Fart Wars of Japan
Approximately 200-400 years ago during Japan's Edo period, an unknown artist created what is easily the most profound demonstration of human aesthetics ever committed to parchment. I am referring to He-Gassen a.k.a. 屁合戦 a.k.a. "the fart war." In this centuries-old scroll, women and men blow each other off the page with typhoon-like flatulence. Toss this in the face of any philistine who claims that art history is boring
More of the gassen fart war expandable scroll pictures at:
http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/chi04/chi04_01029/chi04_01029.html
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Remember - This is Art- The Fart Wars of Japan (Original Post)
packman
Sep 2019
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. These are hilarious...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)2. I guess farting has always been considered funny by everybody,
and not just middle-school boys.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)3. The Fart of War?
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)5. Weapons of ass destruction. n/t
Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)9. Lol!!!!
That is all !
Boxerfan
(2,531 posts)4. Send this to Stephanie Miller
I wish I could read the end scroll to maybe get the artists story behind this.
And what were they eating-looked like rhubarb?.
Epic!
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)7. "A pointed depiction of Japan's mistrust and displeasure at European influence in the country"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2104250/Divine-wind-Japanese-He-gassen-art-actually-form-social-commentary.html
The art of flatulence! How 200-year-old Japanese 'He-gassen' paintings really DO have a deep meaning
Cartoons reflected anti-European sentiment in shogun-ruled country
Most people would look on this Japanese art - depicting various men and women engaged in flatulent combat - as 200-year-old toilet humour.
But the artwork, known as 'He-gassen' (or 'fart battle'), is in fact a pointed comment on political and social changes in Japan.
Made by an unknown artist or artists, the scroll depicts a number of different scenes - all linked by the fact that at least one character is directing a debilitating blast of flatulence towards another character.
This scroll and similar drawings were created in response to increasing intrusion of Europeans in Japan during the Edo period - between 1603 and 1868.
Just like renaissance painters left hidden meaning in their work, or modern-day cartoonists provide humorous takes on serious political events, the He-gassen scroll has specific meaning that would have been instantly interpreted at the time.
This was the era of the Tokugawa shogunate, which is characterised by a suspicion of foreigners and a ruthless persecution of Christians.
By the middle of the 17th century, only China, the Dutch East India Company and a group of English traders were allowed in restricted sections of Japan.
Any other Europeans who landed in Japan were arrested and executed without trial.
While the He-gassen scroll looks ludicrous now, it was a comical depiction of Japan's serious xenophobia toward the end of this Edo period.
The country enjoyed relative isolation until Europeans and Americans - specifically Commodore Matthew Perry and his armada of 'Black Ships' ferom the U.S. NAvy - forced Japan's opening to the world in the 19th century.
The art of flatulence! How 200-year-old Japanese 'He-gassen' paintings really DO have a deep meaning
Cartoons reflected anti-European sentiment in shogun-ruled country
Most people would look on this Japanese art - depicting various men and women engaged in flatulent combat - as 200-year-old toilet humour.
But the artwork, known as 'He-gassen' (or 'fart battle'), is in fact a pointed comment on political and social changes in Japan.
Made by an unknown artist or artists, the scroll depicts a number of different scenes - all linked by the fact that at least one character is directing a debilitating blast of flatulence towards another character.
This scroll and similar drawings were created in response to increasing intrusion of Europeans in Japan during the Edo period - between 1603 and 1868.
Just like renaissance painters left hidden meaning in their work, or modern-day cartoonists provide humorous takes on serious political events, the He-gassen scroll has specific meaning that would have been instantly interpreted at the time.
This was the era of the Tokugawa shogunate, which is characterised by a suspicion of foreigners and a ruthless persecution of Christians.
By the middle of the 17th century, only China, the Dutch East India Company and a group of English traders were allowed in restricted sections of Japan.
Any other Europeans who landed in Japan were arrested and executed without trial.
While the He-gassen scroll looks ludicrous now, it was a comical depiction of Japan's serious xenophobia toward the end of this Edo period.
The country enjoyed relative isolation until Europeans and Americans - specifically Commodore Matthew Perry and his armada of 'Black Ships' ferom the U.S. NAvy - forced Japan's opening to the world in the 19th century.
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)6. They should have used Kevlar
Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)8. Too too funny !!!
I just moved in with my boyfriend last month ...so we havent lived together very long. I might have (mind you) might have farted last night while sitting on the couch watching a movie...and then I was like uh oh ...and then he was like do you smell that??? of course, thats when I lost it and I had to own it!!!
oh my gosh it didnt result in a fart war but Im currently laughing my ass off and I might fart!!!
Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)10. This is why you need to get a dog. nt
Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)11. Yes!!!!!!!
You have guessed that I have no one to blame human or animal !!!
Disaffected
(4,508 posts)13. No need to blame anyone,
just go with the flow...
Disaffected
(4,508 posts)12. "I fart in your general direction"
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)14. Guess I am not the only one who likes farts. n/t