Fukutomi zoshi: The genesis and transmutations of a medieval Japanese scatological tale

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Title:	Fukutomi zoshi: The genesis and transmutations of a medieval Japanese scatological tale
Author:	Ulak, James Thomas
Description:	The Fukutomi zoshi is a medieval Japanese illustrated narrative painting which recounts the folly of competing neighbors in their efforts to perfect the art of musical farting. This dissertation proposes that the Shumpo-in (Kyoto) version of the scroll, the oldest complete version, was produced during the second or third decade of the fifteenth century and bears the calligraphy of Gosuko-in, noted courtier and connoisseur. In a comparative analysis with the virtually contemporary but incomplete Cleveland Museum of Art version, the story is demonstrated to be both a general wry observation of social disarray caused by the upward mobility of the lower classes in Muromachi society as well as a specific satire aimed at the playwright and theorist, Zeami.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057866841 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/16201
Date:	1994

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