NEO MANEKINEKO-petit-

While visiting New York, Koga spotted a "maneki-neko" in a shop with no apparent connection to Japan. Surprised by its striking presence even within a foreign culture, this experience became the impetus for this series.
Koga's style is grounded in the classical forms of Japanese art. His signature piece {Hoyoroi Sakazuki}, for instance, takes as its motif the "kawari-kabuto" (distinctively individual helmets) of Warring States warlords, reborn as a contemporary form — with Koga adding his own "concept", a lens on contemporary society and beyond.
The same is true of this work. It inherits the role long carried by the "maneki-neko" while adding new elements, updating it into a new maneki-neko for the present day.