- Shiawase mitsumete (Gazing at the Happiness - Owl) - Birds This powerful image features a

This powerful image features a beautiful landscape of a river and Mt

and figure prints

Artist: Bokunen Kodaira

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

Very serene snow image of Kyoto

- Shiawase mitsumete (Gazing at the Happiness - Owl) - Birds This powerful image features aJapanese 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