- Shiawase mitsumete (Gazing at the Happiness - Owl) - Birds A few faintest ink smudges

A few faintest ink smudges on the margins which will be easily matted out

Unichi Hiratsuka is called the "father of the Sosaku Hanga" and one of the very famous artists of 21st-century Japanese art

It comes with the original folder

Signed: Hand signed in pencil by the artist on the bottom margin

This beautiful woodblock print 'Ko Cho - Ko Kuu' (A Butterfly in the Empty Sky) is by Kazuyuki Ohtsu

- Shiawase mitsumete (Gazing at the Happiness - Owl) - Birds A few faintest ink smudgesJapanese 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