AcquiredSAMURAI
Samurai, stillness and force in a sheathed blade. One-of-a-kind specimen art, hand-painted on a Hercules beetle, with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA).
- Series
- Masterpiece
- Title
- SAMURAI
- Serial
- HL-MST-Z7S9R3
- Medium
- Hercules beetle specimen × hand-painted art
- Provenance
- Its origin (captive-bred, wild-origin or unknown) and how it came to be used are written on the Certificate of Authenticity
- Title
- SAMURAI
- Series
- Masterpiece
- Attribution
- Created by HERCULES LABO ATELIER
- Issued by
- HERCULES LABO Co., Ltd.
- Verification
- About the COA & authenticity
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Certificate, engraved serial, wax seal, dedicated case — everything that upholds a one-of-a-kind work, delivered alongside it.
Each piece is painted on a Hercules beetle whose life had already ended. We never kill for art. The source beetle’s origin (captive-bred, wild-origin or unknown) and how it came to be used (it died in our care; it died in transit and was returned to us; it had already died when it reached us; or we acquired it as a specimen) are written on the Certificate of Authenticity. Every piece is painted by hand at the HERCULES LABO atelier.
SAMURAI takes the spirit of the warrior as its subject. The beauty of the samurai lies in stillness more than motion — the taut air held within a sword left undrawn. That balance of stillness and force is rendered upon the back of one of the longest-growing beetles on earth. Its hard, lacquer-like elytra become a jet-black canvas, the forms of armour and the gleam of a blade cut in restrained gold and dull silver.
Strength is not the force one wields, but the force one restrains. This spirit, honed by the samurai across generations, is given to this single beetle. Not to boast of power, but to keep it in stillness — may an unshakeable core dwell with the one who keeps it.
We never kill for art. We use beetles whose lives have already ended. Honoured, they are given a second life as art — carrying the culture of Hercules to the next generation.
HERCULES LABO ATELIERCreated at the Atelier
Collectors' words
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We never kill for art.