About hosen

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For centuries, zen phrases have been printed onto paper, dyed into silk, carved into stone and wood.

hosen is a quiet attempt to wear them.

One garment. One word. Each word is drawn from a seal hand-carved in Tokyo by the artist Satake Hōsen. No imprint repeats.

The garment is United Athle 5001. A vessel for the word, not the subject itself.

The time the wearer spends with the word — that is the substance of the garment.

― hosen, tokyo

The garment for this word

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