These scrolls put the "art" in "fart." Yes, they are real, and yes, the figures in these artistic renderings are passing gas at one another. They're part of a scroll called the He-gassen. Reportedly ...

“Scholars at elite institute Waseda University posted images from an Edo-era proto-manga scroll “War of the Farts”. Manga’s nascent beginnings are grounded in picture scrolls. Many of them depicted ...

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” (1846 or 1864, late Edo period), ink on paper (via Wikipedia). Scroll to see the whole thing, beginning on the right and moving left. Because there’s a snowstorm bearing down on us in New ...

It's one of those things that, should I fail to share it with the world, will leave me lying sleepless and alone, clawing at the walls with guilt. For this historic and artistic find, which was first ...

This should appeal to those of you who were tickled by those magnificent Edo-era He-Gassen scrolls, which put the art in “fart.” Throughout the early 1800s, celebrated Japanese artist Utagawa ...

These scrolls put the "art" in "fart." Yes, they are real, and yes, the figures in these artistic renderings are passing gas at one another. They're part of a scroll called the He-gassen. Reportedly ...