Jim O'Neil's photos with the keyword: raven

思春期の鴉 Shishunki no karasu The adolescent raven & there he sits, proudly crowing "I'm King of the world, I'm King of the world, I'm King of the world!" I painted this after viewing some of Seiko's ukiyo-e, wood block prints. Seiko (1837-1913) was the classically (Chinese) educated daughter of a high ranking samurai, who got herself adopted by her aunt's (Okunara) clan so she could move to Edo (Tokyo) in 1865 to pursue a career in art. She was sort of the George Sand of Edo, wearing men's clothes, studying martial arts, enjoying fine food and generally making a name for herself as a fine artist and writer. At one time she had around 300 students studying art under her. One of her images, 'A crow on a willow branch', often reproduced as ukiyo-e , led me to do this sumi-e. Sumi-e, brushed ink on 'rice' paper, 12 by 18 inches, unmounted.

Just another local, down on Two Street, checking out the tourists.