"Yatsugatake no bijin"

In this ukiyo-e illustration, a woman in kimono sits in reverse on a parked motorcycle, pausing to light a cigarette. Perched on the handlebars is a Yogen no tori—a two-headed prophetic crow from Japanese folklore, said to appear as a divine warning during times of unrest or change. One of its heads is white, the other black. The moment captures a strange calm before revelation, with tradition, mysticism, and rebellion quietly intersecting.