Minamoto no Yorimasa “It is a work that encompasses the tension between strength and vulnerability, evoking the values of Bushido, the extreme gesture of courage. Observing it is like witnessing a silent ritual: the blade that pierces the metal armor alludes to the moral firmness that defeats doubt and the austere beauty of a code of life. The posture requires awareness and respect, as if one were preparing for a ritual. Sitting down, one feels the weight of sacrifice and determination. It is the celebration of honor and courage, where the technical gesture of cutting becomes a metaphor for the precision and awareness with which the samurai faced life and death. The seat therefore becomes a static monument to a dynamic act, a fusion between design and philosophy, embodying the myth in its purest form built with blood.”