Farting theory - Hohiron

Japanese: 放屁論 - ほうひろん

This is one of the comic works by Hiraga Gennai, a botanist and comic writer from the mid-Edo period. The main work was published in 1774 (An'ei 3), the second in 1777, and in 1780 it was published together with four other comic works by Gennai as "Furai Rokubushu." The main work uses the popular Edo Ryogokubashi entertainers who performed flatulence as material, while the second part sharply criticizes various aspects of the stagnant class-based society that lacked creativity through the mouth of the ronin Pauper Zeninai, who invented the electric light device. Though it is a short story, it is one of Gennai's masterpieces. It is included in the Complete Works of Hiraga Gennai and the Japanese Classical Literature Series.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸中期の本草学者，戯作者平賀源内の戯作の一つ。本編1774年(安永3)，後編77年の刊で，80年には源内の他の戯作4編と合わせて《風来六部集》として刊行。本編では放屁を見せ物にして人気のあった江戸両国橋の芸人を素材にして，また後編ではエレキテルを発明した浪人貧家銭内の口を通じて，創造性のない停滞した身分制社会の諸側面を鋭く批判している。短編ながら源内の代表作の一つ。《平賀源内全集》《日本古典文学大系》所収。

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