{"product_id":"bo1880","title":"Cheek Armor Cup, Tiger Form, Optical Camouflage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThemed around Takeda Shingen, a legendary and representative Sengoku-era warlord, inspired by his nickname \"Tiger of Kai.\"\u003cbr\u003ePaired with Uesugi Kenshin, the \"Dragon of Echigo,\" this work uses optical camouflage that changes in appearance depending on light and angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Koga's works, the highly popular “Hoyoroi-hai (cheek-armor cup).”\u003cbr\u003eTaking the motif of the eccentric helmets (kawari-kabuto) of Sengoku-era warlords, it expresses a person's way of life and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanoyu, the tea ceremony, developed as a comprehensive Japanese art tied to samurai refinement. Sake vessels developed as kaiseki tableware inheriting that lineage.\u003cbr\u003eKoga describes this work as \"a porcelain sake cup in the form of cheek armor, arrived at inevitably from the close ties among the tea ceremony, Sengoku warlords, and craft — ceramics in particular.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eArtist\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAkihiro Furugaki (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\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eW190 × D160 × H125 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eYear\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"古垣彰拡","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49227127226619,"sku":"BO1880","price":275000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/4745\/3947\/files\/bownd-bo-1880-1_ad7e3330-95a5-4094-be26-a6c754ee70c4.jpg?v=1787822478","url":"https:\/\/www.b-ownd.com\/en\/products\/bo1880","provider":"B-OWND","version":"1.0","type":"link"}