He-Gassen (屁合戦 Farting Battle), Edo Period (1603-1868), ink on paper.  Waseda University

WTF Art History is often misread as WT Fart History.  Indeed we’ve featured several entries on farts in art but none as awesome or humorous as the scroll from Waseda University whose scenes are literally referred to as representing a Farting Battle.  The scroll features men and women farting at other people (including fanning the fart), farting from horses and at cats.  The entire scroll has been digitized by Waseda University and can be seen here or in a true scroll fashion here.

Check out some highlights below.

He-Gassen (屁合戦 Farting Battle), Edo Period (1603-1868), ink on paper.  Waseda University

He-Gassen (屁合戦 Farting Battle), Edo Period (1603-1868), ink on paper.  Waseda University

He-Gassen (屁合戦 Farting Battle), Edo Period (1603-1868), ink on paper.  Waseda University

Here’s a 1992 Christie’s auction record for a similar scroll and the original blog, Tofugu, where I first learned bout this object.  Thanks Janna (@JKBartleby) for bringing this object to my attention!