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Ocean Child: Reappraising Ono Yōko’s Achievements

  • Ono Yōko at Haneda Airport in August 1974. (© Jiji)

    Ono Yōko at Haneda Airport in August 1974. (© Jiji)

  • The “War Is Over!” campaign was initially launched by John Lennon and Ono Yōko on December 15, 1969. http://imaginepeace.com/warisover/

    The “War Is Over!” campaign was initially launched by John Lennon and Ono Yōko on December 15, 1969. http://imaginepeace.com/warisover/

  • Ono Yōko, Cut Piece, 1964. Performed on March 21, 1965, at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York. (Photo by Niizuma Minoru, Courtesy of Lenono Photo Archive; © Ono Yōko)

    Ono Yōko, Cut Piece, 1964. Performed on March 21, 1965, at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York. (Photo by Niizuma Minoru, Courtesy of Lenono Photo Archive; © Ono Yōko)

  • Ono Yōko at a Tokyo press conference in advance of her October 7, 2005, concert at the Nippon Budōkan marking the 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. (© Jiji)

    Ono Yōko at a Tokyo press conference in advance of her October 7, 2005, concert at the Nippon Budōkan marking the 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. (© Jiji)

  • Ono Yōko, Wish Trees, photographed at the Hiroshima Art Prize exhibition Ono Yōko: The Road of Hope at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art in 2011.

    Ono Yōko, Wish Trees, photographed at the Hiroshima Art Prize exhibition Ono Yōko: The Road of Hope at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art in 2011.

  • The Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland, where the wishes tied to Ono’s wish trees are buried.

    The Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland, where the wishes tied to Ono’s wish trees are buried.

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