The (ancient) Japanese WTF of the day: A papyrus filled .. with gases. From the digitized file of Waseda University in Tokyo
Its not exactly a secret that the Japanese are gaining by far the game of incomprehensibly strange , not only in modern times but much older too. The last relevant finding is about one - okay , not - so- ancient Japanese scroll paintings with dozens of people , who, how to say , are brazenly airing . Dozens of illustrations with people who launch their terrible and terrifiying ,as it seems, gases against other people , against cats (;) and horses which capsize from the momentum of the gases, warriors etc. We are talking about a normal display battle with everthing . See for yourself . (loving detail the "Aiolos sacks" )
The explanation
I would burst if I wasnt looking more into it , and seems I did well, because as you will read below that there is , paradoxically, a deeper meaning to all this . This papyrus called "He-Gassen" ("The Fart Battle" or "Farting Competition") dating from the Edo Period of Japan (1603 to 1863) . The artist (or artists probably) remains unknown . The papyrus was created with the intention to highlight the political and social changes taking place in Japan . In particular, the designs with the berserk gas bombs were created in response to the increasing penetration of Europeans in the country during the Edo period . And if you notice there are a few "frames " where the shots were directed at some Western person ... The entire document was digitized a few years ago from Waseda University in Tokyo and since then kept in the library .
