Here is the rewritten biography of Yoko Ono:
Yoko Ono was born on February 18th, 1933, in her ancestral estate in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, Eisuke Ono, was the descendant of a 9th Century Emperor of Japan, while her mother, Isoko Yasuda Ono, was the granddaughter of Zenijiro Yasuda, the founder of Yasuda Bank. When Yoko was just two years old, she was brought to California to join her father for the first time. Before World War II, she returned to Japan, where she survived the devastating bombings of Tokyo in 1945.
Yoko's early life was marked by her fascination with music, particularly her perfect pitch and untamed creativity. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she excelled in music, and later married a Julliard student, Toshi Ichiyanagi. Her admiration for avant-garde artists such as Franz Kafka, Vincent van Gogh, and Arnold Schönberg was nurtured by the New York art scene.
In the early 1960s, Yoko co-organized the legendary loft events on Chambers Street with her friend La Monte Young, and also provided the loft for John Cage's groundbreaking classes on experimental music. She collaborated with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nam June Paik, George Maciunas, and Fluxus, cutting ties with her parents and forging her own path as an artist.
After separating from Toshi, Yoko returned to Japan, where she suffered from clinical depression and was institutionalized. Anthony Cox, who later became her second husband, helped her escape from the hospital and they married in Tokyo. Their daughter, Kyoko, was born in 1963.
Yoko's artistic pursuits continued, and she conceptualized the project "Bottoms" (1966),which required 365 friends and volunteers to provide their naked buttocks for close-ups. She promoted the project by being tied to a bronze lion in London's Trafalgar Square, where she first met John Lennon at her art show in 1966.
The couple married, but their relationship was met with criticism from the British public. Yoko lost her daughter Kyoko to her second husband, Anthony Cox, who kidnapped her in 1971 and hid her with an alias name Rosemary in a cult. Yoko and Kyoko were reunited in 1998.
John and Yoko were together 24/7 for six years, creating art, music, and having a son, Sean Lennon, in 1975. They survived through almost everything, nourishing each other's artistic nature with humor. Until Yoko became a widow.
