Original woodblock print Artist: Fu Takenaka (b 1945 - 2022) Titled: “Shiawase mitsumete” (Staring Happily) Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist 25/27 Heisei period (1989-2019) Very cute owl print. 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 ( fu, no, kurou hardship, suffering). Fu Takenaka was born in 1945. She worked for a design company and started late with printmaking, in 2003. The artist works in the technique of the Japanese woodblock print. Fu Takenaka is a member of the Japanese artist association Nihon Hanga-in and well known in Japan. 1970 Design room Takenaka established. Design (clothing / interior) production 1998 Started stone art 2003 Started studying woodcuts 2008 58th Japan Board Painting Exhibition Exhibition 2008 Print Forum 2008 Washi no Sato Higashi Chibu Exhibition Saitama Arts and Culture Festival Saitama Executive Committee Chairman's Award 2009 Recommended by Nihon Pakuin-in 2013 Taketake Naka Inoki woodblock print exhibition Jeonju, Korea 2016 66th Itain Exhibition Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 2022 passed away in spring Dimension: Vertical 24 x Horizontal 18.5 cm Very low edition ! JUST 27. This is nr 25 The condition is perfect. Never been framed! Every week we offer a wide range of Japanse art prints here on Catawiki. Click on our name, to find out what our running offerings are this week !

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