He-gassen is a
Japanese art scroll created during the
Edo period by one or more
unknown artists. It depicts various
scenes, all of which depict at least one character directing
flatulence against other characters. The scroll, which measures 29.6 cm × 1003.1 cm (11.7 in × 394.9 in), may have been made in response to political and social change in Japan following the arrival of outside cultures.
Painting: Unknown (image courtesy of the Waseda University Library)