Becoming the artist of the state pushes Ono to the extent that every other nation appears to him as the other. He begins to see Japan as “giant amidst the dwarfs” in Asia (Ishiguro, 1986, p. 99). As he suggests to his pupils that they should “spearhead of the new spirit”, the “manly spirit”, emerging in Japan (1986, p. 42). And when they do not follow this, he gets them arrested as exemplified by his tip off to the police about Kuroda’s “unpatriotic trash” (1986, p. 104). One of his famous paintings, “Eyes to the Horizon”, was about two soldiers and an officer with a sword pointing towards Asia, with the tagline, “No time for cowardly talking. Japan must go forward” (1986, p. 96). In addition, those artists who go against the Imperial Japan are considered a threat, hence, arrested. For instance, Kuroda is branded a “traitor” when his unpatriotic paintings are confiscated.