Japanese Fart Scrolls
By Hashi;
I was doing research for another post a while back, and found something a bit…unusual. It was an old Japanese scroll about farting.
No, you didn’t misread that last sentence. The whole scroll, which is called He-Gassen (“The Fart Battle”) is just about people farting. Farting at other people, farting at cats, farting off of horses, farting into bags; just farting everywhere.
Why? I couldn’t really tell you. I’ve tried to do some research but, believe it or not, academic literature on Japanese farting is surprisingly few and far between.
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http://www.tofugu.com/2012/02/18/japanese-fart-scrolls/
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When I clicked on the link, though, good gravy!!! The other examples are a laugh riot...!
I especially got a kick out of the "modesty black bars" to conceal the pen-drawn fiddly bits!
That guy had best not leave anything dangling around that cat, if he knows what is good for him!
