Hidden inside the 200-year-old Japanese painting

Looking at this picture, what do you feel? Everyone probably thought this was a funny picture, but the truth was not.

However, in fact, that is the real art work. The hidden behind the seemingly crude expression is the relatively sharp look at the political and social changes in Japan.

No one knows exactly the identity of the person who created them, it is only known that He-gassen describes the scene where the two decided to "lose enough" with each other by "deflating" the opponent.

The meaning behind the 'ungainly' action shows the author's profoundness when portraying the intensity of the people's reaction .

Just like Renaissance artists often leave deep implications in each work, the meaning behind that 'ungainly' action shows the author's profundity when portraying the intensity of the antagonism. people's response to European penetration into Japan during the Edo period - between 1603 and 1868.

To understand what the author wants to convey through the He-Gassen cartoon series, we must base on the political and social situation at the time, the scientists said.

This is the era of the Tokugawa Shogunate, characterized by a fear of Christianity. The Tokugawa shogunate used repressive measures with increasing levels, Christianity was completely banned in Japan, Japanese Christians were executed.

In the middle of the 17th century, except for China and a group of British merchants, any European who set foot in Japan was arrested and executed without trial.

By satire, the 'xenophobia' ideology of the late Japanese Edo period has been described in detail through He-Gassen.