{"product_id":"hohi-gassen-and-yo-mono-dansei-ki-kurabe-emaki-farting-battle-and-phallic-contest-picture-scrolls-circa-1700-1750-over-ten-meters-of-farting-nobles-and-dick-measuring-paintings-what-a-strange-title-indeed","title":"Hōhi-gassen and Yō-Mono Dansei-ki Kurabe Emaki (Farting Battle and Phallic Contest Picture Scrolls), Circa 1700-1750. Over Ten Meters of Farting Nobles and Dick Measuring Paintings. What A Strange Title Indeed","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHōhi-gassen and Yō-Mono Dansei-ki Kurabe Emaki (Farting Battle and Phallic Contest Picture Scrolls), Circa 1700-1750. Over Ten Meters of Farting Nobles and Dick Measuring Paintings. What A Strange Title Indeed\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: After Toba Sojo\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA pair of Mid-Edo Period, 18th century emakimono handscrolls, dubbed Hōhi-gassen and Yō-Mono Dansei-ki Kurabe, otherwise known as the Farting Battle and Phallic Contest Picture Scrolls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAs the titles quite literally entail, the first scroll depicts a series of various battle scenes, with flatulence as the weapon of choice. We open with a scene of naked men refreshing themselves with water to generate their ammunition, and then the contest begins with a horde of naked men jumping about and inducing mighty farts upon their foes. Makeshift shields in the form of fans, collecting a bag of farts as a powerful weapon, and even farting so mightily that a board game is knocked over, there is quite the variety of scenes unfolding. It should be noted that the farts have been painted in for added, unnerving detail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe second scroll is that of what in modern terms is best described as a Dick Measuring Contest, where a number of competitors, with massive, unwieldy genitalia compete, some with penises so large they require a wheelbarrow to be towed. It’s rather entertaining that this piece opens with the more prudish nobles being chased away before the competition begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThese scrolls are copied after the \"Victory Picture\" scroll, created around 1110 to 1125 by Toba Sojo or his contemporary Buddhist sculptor, where the first half depicts a \"phallic ( male genitalia ) contest\" and the second half depicts a \"farting battle’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eemakimono\u003c\/i\u003e have been bound in a scroll format for preservation, with green decorated covers, and there are small \u003ci\u003ejikusaki\u003c\/i\u003e (knobs) made of lacquered wood. There is a narrow wooden box to accompany it, preserving the scroll.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTwo \u003ci\u003eemakimono\u003c\/i\u003e (picture scrolls) on paper, 23.9 x 548; 23.9 x 510 cm. The knobs are not included as part of the measurement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThese handscrolls are in very good shape, with some rubbing and wear to the covers. There is some general soiling and toning throughout, and a few pinprick worm holes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623058768183,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20260114_165030.jpg?v=1769974697","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/hohi-gassen-and-yo-mono-dansei-ki-kurabe-emaki-farting-battle-and-phallic-contest-picture-scrolls-circa-1700-1750-over-ten-meters-of-farting-nobles-and-dick-measuring-paintings-what-a-strange-title-indeed","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}