Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/09/02/priceless-170-year-old-japanes.html
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The cherry tree blossoms withered by the fart-blast, now that’s some mono no aware for you.
Alternately, replace the people with robots and you’ve got great storyboards for the Pacific Rim sequel.
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Given Howard Stark’s proclivities, his taste in art trending that way doesn’t surprise me.
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The scroll, no joke, is titled “He Gassin’.”
He-Gassen (屁合戦), literally: “Fart Battle.”
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It’s like Picasso’s Guernica, but with farts.
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Man. I’ve simply got to get around to seeing that last season.
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Indeed. It really is a blast.
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The resolution seems rather low for a recent digitization.
Next time the great-grandkids say they’re bored, I’m having them draw a collaborative fart battle for Mrs. Old.
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It is of course immediately obvious what this led to in later years.
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Leave it to Japan, they’ve already turned it into an anime…
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Does that pre or post-date Ren & Stimpy?
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There’s a fart in the air
Blossoms fall everywhere
Mono no aware…
(I’ll see myself out now)
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The cherry blossoms
are but a fart in the wind
of a fart from me.
Cherry blossoms curl,
their petals withered sere, dried,
fart-dessicated.
On Fart Mountain I
fart to the four winds and bless
my stinky fart smells.
A full moon, crisp smells
of farts borne on a mild wind:
autumn is coming.
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this tradition is still strong in japan today:
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Fart silent but deadly and carry a big fan.
Also, what the hell are they cooking up to induce such overpowering flatuence?
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Now we know how many farts it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
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