- Shiawase mitsumete (Gazing at the Happiness - Owl) - Okinawa Printed in 2022

Printed in 2022

this is a later print from the original blocks these days

Limited Edition 17/40

Paper size: 16 x 11 and 3/8 inches (40

Titled "Nijubashi"

- Shiawase mitsumete (Gazing at the Happiness - Owl) - Okinawa Printed in 2022Japanese woodblock print "Shiawase mitsumete" (Gazing at the Happiness) is by Fu Takenaka (1945 ) Now out of print. This is the last copy we have. In Japan, owls bring luck and offer protection from suffering. The reason can be found in the Japanese name for owl, Fukuro, which can be written in different sets of characters: One with the meaning of luck ( fuku, luck; ku, to come; ro suffix used in boys' names), and the other as protection from hardship