{"product_id":"bo1816","title":"Armor Cup, Man-Tiger Form, Studs, Optical Camouflage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work updates the tiger-shaped form from Koga's signature Hoyoroi Cup series, a series of wearable vessels.\u003cbr\u003eThis embodies the image of a tiger baring its mouth in a threatening pose, while also incorporating human elements into the tiger, and was named the 'man-tiger form.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanoyu, Japan's comprehensive art form, developed as a cultivated pursuit of the samurai class.\u003cbr\u003eSake vessels developed as kaiseki tableware within that same lineage.\u003cbr\u003eA work expressed as art, drawing together the respective histories of the tea ceremony, Sengoku-era warlords, and craft.\u003cbr\u003eKoga sees the present as an age of gekokujō. Even now, when the future is uncertain, one can rise above the rest regardless of origin, given the will and resolve to forge a new era.\u003cbr\u003eTaking as its motif the hoyoroi (cheek armor), an intimidating piece of armor worn by Sengoku-era warlords in battle, this expresses a person's way of life and spirit.\u003cbr\u003eThis piece carries a cheer of encouragement for today's high-aspiring warriors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eArtist\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTakahiro Koga (Fukuoka)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMaterial \u0026 Technique\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePorcelain Clay (Amakusa Porcelain Stone)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eYear\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"古賀 崇洋","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49232489611515,"sku":"BO1816","price":390000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/4745\/3947\/files\/bownd-bo-1816-1_af4680ee-8444-4562-8b17-eb6993d1e794.jpg?v=1787926245","url":"https:\/\/www.b-ownd.com\/en\/products\/bo1816","provider":"B-OWND","version":"1.0","type":"link"}