Owl In flight

A horned owl with mottled brown, cream, and grey plumage flies diagonally downward, wings spread wide, orange eyes fixed on the viewer, with small feather tufts visible above its head. Behind it, a flowering branch with dark leaves and blue-grey blossoms extends across the upper portion of the composition, with a few loose petals drifting in the air; a pale full moon sits low in the branches at upper right. The palette is muted — soft greys and browns against a warm grey-beige ground — giving the night scene a quiet, hushed mood. Ohara Koson, *Owl in Flight*, mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print), date unknown.