{"product_id":"bo727","title":"Cheek Armor Cup, Ki Form, Crimson","description":"\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\u003cp\u003eThis work also evokes the resolute bearing of a samurai, depicting an expression that reflects a will unmoved by anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The present age is truly one of gekokujo,\" says Koga.\u003cbr\u003eAs social media developed and everyone came to hold a voice, an era emerged in which one's own will to aim high and courage to speak up mattered more than one's origin or hometown. Within this worldview, {Hoyoroi Sakazuki} takes the kawari-kabuto (distinctive helmets) of Warring States warlords as its motif, expressing the human way of life and spirit — an encouragement for today's high-minded warriors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e440g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*This work was exhibited at ＜B-OWND at LEXUS＞.\u003cbr\u003e　The work will be shipped after the exhibition period ends, so delivery will be from mid-January onward.\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\u003eCeramics\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eW110 × D155 × H170 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eYear\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2020\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":49232416276731,"sku":"BO727","price":88000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/4745\/3947\/files\/bownd-bo-727-1_0c10bc00-f5bb-48a5-b8c6-babaa0da7231.jpg?v=1787924586","url":"https:\/\/www.b-ownd.com\/en\/products\/bo727","provider":"B-OWND","version":"1.0","type":"link"}