Japanese Pacifists - Japanese Christian Pacifists, Yoko Ono, Masaki Kobayashi, Daisaku Ikeda, Tetsuo Harada, Nitobe Inaz, Toyohiko Kagawa (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Japanese Christian pacifists, Yoko Ono, Masaki Kobayashi, Daisaku Ikeda, Tetsuo Harada, Nitobe Inaz, Toyohiko Kagawa, Uchimura Kanz, Akiko Yosano, Tomoyoshi Murayama, Raicho Hiratsuka, George Ohsawa, Makoto Oda, mi Komaki, Sh ichi Kat, Tadao Yanaihara. Excerpt: Yoko Ono Ono Y ko, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music which prefigured New Wave music (whether she was a direct influence is still debated). She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs. Yoko Ono was born in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child." Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan. In 1940, the family moved to New York City, where Ono's father was working. In 1941, her father was transferred to Hanoi and the family returned to Japan. Ono was then enrolled in Keimei Gakuen, an exclusive Christian primary school run by the Mitsui family. She remained in Tokyo through the great fire-bombing of March 9, 1945. During the fire-bombing, she was sheltered with other members of her family in a ...