KITCHEN GODDESS
4 x 6 inches
woodblock print

In the olden days, Japanese kitchens had an image of a round-cheeked smiling woman, named Otafuku,
who carried a rice scoop in one hand. She brought good luck to the hearth.
Throughout Asia, the Bodhisattva of Mercy (Kannon in Japan, Kuan Yin in China)
is often depicted with a long-necked bottle containing healing balm,
or the elixer of immortality. I combined them in one image, as a blessing
for physical and spiritual health.