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茶禅一味
Tea and Zen, One Taste
ちゃぜんいちみ · cha zen ichi mi
¥6,980$70.00€65.00
An impression from a seal hand-carved in Tokyo, printed on a garment.
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寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026
- Made to order
- Printed one at a time
- Shipping
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- Original seal
- Hand-carved in Tokyo
Reading
The hand that prepares tea and the mind that sits and steadies its breath are not held apart.
Water is boiled, the bowl is wiped, a single cup is drunk — in each act, only this moment.
The taste of Zen and the taste of tea are not divided on the tongue.
Within one bowl, the two dissolve without a seam.
Origin
A Zen phrase that holds the way of tea and the way of Zen to be of one taste. Tradition says the Song master Yuanwu Keqin wrote these four characters and gave them away, but no authenticated calligraphy of the phrase survives — the extant Yuanwu manuscript is an inka certificate to Huqiu Shaolong — and the words appear in no classical koan collection, the Blue Cliff Record included. The set phrase took its current form only from early-modern times, and chiefly within modern tea discourse; it cannot be assigned to any single case or chapter.
Seal
The original seal is hand-carved in Tokyo by the artist Satake Hōsen. Its impression is reproduced as a print on the garment.
篆刻 — 佐竹 寶千 朱印
Specifications
- Garment
- Short sleeve: Bella + Canvas 3001 / Long sleeve: Gildan 2400 (Ultra Cotton)
- DTG print — front: the seal; back & inside label: 寳千 / Vermilion
- Size
- S · M · L · XL
- Price
- ¥6,980$70.00€65.00
Size guide
Short sleeve · Bella + Canvas 3001
| Size | Length | Chest width |
|---|---|---|
| S | 71 / 28.0 | 46 / 18.1 |
| M | 74 / 29.1 | 51 / 20.1 |
| L | 76 / 29.9 | 56 / 22.0 |
| XL | 79 / 31.1 | 61 / 24.0 |
Long sleeve · Gildan 2400
| Size | Length | Chest width | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 71 / 28.0 | 46 / 18.1 | 85 / 33.5 |
| M | 74 / 29.1 | 51 / 20.1 | 89 / 35.0 |
| L | 76 / 29.9 | 56 / 22.0 | 93 / 36.6 |
| XL | 79 / 31.1 | 61 / 24.0 | 97 / 38.2 |
Garment measured flat, in cm / inches. Slight variation occurs between pieces. Check the measurements rather than the size letter.
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