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Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
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Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
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Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,
Hiro Ando, Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor,

Shoguncat's Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor, 2022
Hiro Ando

Emerging artists

Sculpture : resin

60 x 30 x 30 cm 23.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€15,000 15 000 €
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Numbered and limited to 8 copies

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Medium

Sculpture: resin

Dimensions cm • inch

60 x 30 x 30 cm 23.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

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The sculpture cannot be displayed outdoors

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Animal

Pop Art

Cats

Japan

Neo-Pop

Asian Pop

Tokyo

Red

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Artwork location: France

Shoguncat’s Noble Stance : Red Regal Vigor reveals Hiro Ando’s ability to transform samurai iconography into a powerful Neo-Pop sculptural statement.
Founder of the Crazynoodles studio and a leading figure of the Nippon Neo-Pop movement, Ando reinterprets martial heritage through playful contemporary forms.
Within the Martial Felines Trilogy, Shoguncat embodies authority, discipline, and quiet confidence rather than combat aggression.
The feline warrior stands composed, arms crossed, projecting calm dominance and strategic restraint.
The sculpture pays homage to the Shogun archetype, guardian of order in Japan’s historical imagination.
Here, Ando merges heroic symbolism with the accessible charm of his signature feline characters.
The monochrome lacquered red surface intensifies the work’s emotional presence and ceremonial power.
Red evokes courage, vitality, and imperial grandeur while linking the sculpture to Japanese ritual aesthetics.
The glossy finish captures and reflects surrounding light, animating the figure within contemporary interiors.
Subtle sculptural detailing in the robe and sword reinforces the fusion of tradition and pop stylization.
Shoguncat appears simultaneously noble and approachable, a guardian figure adapted for modern audiences.
Ando uses humor and simplicity to soften martial authority, creating emotional accessibility.
The piece reflects contemporary society’s fascination with heroic imagery reshaped through pop culture lenses.
In this trilogy, martial discipline becomes metaphor for resilience within accelerated urban life.
The sculpture’s balanced stance conveys authority without violence, echoing wisdom over force.
Through simplified volumes, Ando ensures immediate visual impact while preserving symbolic depth.
The feline warrior becomes both protector and cultural bridge between eras.
Its polished surface establishes a dialogue with modern architecture and collectible design culture.
The sculpture celebrates Japan’s capacity to reinvent ancestral figures for global audiences.
Shoguncat thus stands as a contemporary totem blending martial myth and Neo-Pop aesthetics.
The work illustrates Ando’s talent for transforming cultural memory into accessible contemporary sculpture.
For collectors, acquiring this piece represents an exceptional opportunity to secure a commanding icon within Hiro Ando’s evolving artistic legacy.

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Hiro Ando
Japan ʉۢ 1973
Emerging artists

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Hiro Ando was born in 1973 on the island of Shikoku in Japan. Hiro Ando started his career as an illustrator in 1995. In 2005 he founded with Saori Nakamishi an artist studio in Tokyo to manage the creation and promotion of other young neo-pop artists who express their own popular culture in their creations. Today the studio "Crazynoodles" has ten artists.

Hiro Ando is a versatile artist. He works in oil on canvas, digital media or video. His technique consists of making several sketches before painting on canvas. The painting shapes itself and emerges in the streets of Tokyo at night, and combines lots of colors and graphics. Hiro paints dark cityscapes and goldfish all over the canvas.

The marriage of the two subjects makes the whole of the painting dynamic and violent, with a strange feeling of eternity given by the goldfish which recall old Japanese paintings and watercolors. The sculpture is a recent addition to the media used by Ando, who started working on a series of orange, green sculptures ... inspired by Japanese popular culture. Thus the cat, which is a lucky charm in Japan, like the Maneki-Neko, takes different forms such as the samurai or the sumo wrestler.

The artist translates this theme into a modern style. The shiny and smooth materials, the vivid colors, the brutal but rounded shapes of Hiro Ando's sculptures take us to the world of manga in which the artist's generation grew up. Hiro Ando's art is the meeting between the Meiji era and Manga, he is Shogun in the world of Pokemon, he is traditional Japan seen through the eyes of young people: he certainly belongs to Japanese neo pop art.

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