寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026
About
About hosen
Foreword
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.
Its impression is reproduced as a print on the garment.
The time the wearer spends with the word — that is the substance of the garment.
― hosen, tokyo
On the artist
Satake Hōsen. Born in Nara, 1950. Based in Tokyo, where the studio works in lacquer and seal carving. The dakkatsu-kanshitsu technique gives form to vessels, figures, and seals, one piece at a time.
The artist's lacquer work →On the seal
The original seal is hand-carved in Tokyo by the artist Satake Hōsen. Its impression is reproduced as a print on the garment.
On the garment
The base is Bella + Canvas 3001 for short sleeve, Gildan 2400 for long. The seal is DTG-printed in vermilion on the front; 寳千 marks the back and the inner label. The garment is a vessel for the word, not the subject itself.
On the brand
hosen holds no persona. No first person. The brand is a vessel that carries the word and the seal.
Carved in Tokyo. — the seal is cut in Tokyo.