He-gassen
Sign in to save(, ), or , designates a humorous theme in a Japanese art scrolls (often also the titles of the scrolls themselves), created during the Edo period (1603–1868) and earlier by various artists, often preferring to remain anonymous, depicting flatulence humor.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- emakimono
- Main subject
- flatulence
- Depicts
- battle
- Material used
- paper
- Collection
- Waseda University Library
- Location
- Waseda University Library
- Image
- Hegassen scroll.jpg
- Height
- 29.6
- Width
- 1003.1
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- inventory number
- 04 01029
- inception
- 1603-01-01
- Commons category
- He gassen
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable examples
- Waseda University scroll
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(, ), or , designates a humorous theme in a Japanese art scrolls (often also the titles of the scrolls themselves), created during the Edo period (1603–1868) and earlier by various artists, often preferring to remain anonymous, depicting flatulence humor.
He-gassen, as a subject occasionally depicted in Japanese art, is first attested at the end of the Heian Period (794–1185). Toba Sōjō (1053–1140), in addition to his famous Scrolls of Frolicking Animals, is also mentioned as having painted scrolls on themes such as "Phallic Contest" and "He-gassen".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “He-gassen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.