@thegaze_: I love fart history. This He-Gassen scroll (“he” meaning fart and “gassen” meaning battle) is part of a broader Japanese tradition of fart battle art. Several scrolls like this exist, all from the Edo period. Some art historians read them as political satire: Japan was under growing pressure from Western powers to open its borders, and blowing them away may have been the point of these caricatures. Could be, but it’s probably just pure humor. 🖼️ He-Gassen, copy made in 1846, based on a 17th-century original 👨🏻🎨 Hishikawa Moronobu (original) — copyist unknown 📍Waseda University Library, Tokyo