I’m teaching my students about the Black Power Movement and taking them to see the Emory Douglas show at the New Museum on Thursday. They were floored by this image, and oddly, did not initially recognize the figure as a woman, pink background notwithstanding. They did get the reference to the imperial Japanese flag.
By the way, that’s a pen she’s holding, but she’s got the gun as backup.
Otohime 
Douglas recently did a guest lecture here in Christchuch, at the University's school of fine arts.
Sorry to say I missed it, though my brother said it was amazing.
so i guess the pen is mightier than the sword/gun, but only if it's a really, really, big pen, with a sharp pointy tip.
I'll have to get me one of those, and abandon my algorithms.
Sigh.
They're a lot of fun.