34 / 71

No.34

白雲自去来

White Clouds Come and Go

はくうんおのずからきょらいす · haku un ji kyo rai

¥6,980$70.00€65.00

An impression from a seal hand-carved in Tokyo, printed on a garment.

Shipping included · Taxes and duties vary by destination and fulfilment route, and may be charged at checkout or on delivery.

Choose sleeve, colour and size →

White Clouds Come and Go — The seal, close

White Clouds Come and Go — The silhouette

White Clouds Come and Go — The back, close

White Clouds Come and Go — The inside label

寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026

Made to order: Printed one at a time
Shipping: Shipping included; available destinations shown at checkout.
Original seal: Hand-carved in Tokyo

Reading

The mountain does not move; the clouds come and go of their own accord.

What arrives is not held, what departs is not pursued.

The passing passes, and the unsettled stays unsettled, neither one disturbing the other.

Clouds rising are no obstruction — only a passing view, present and then gone.

Origin

The latter line of the couplet "The green mountain does not move; the white clouds come and go of themselves," derived from the Wudeng Huiyuan (Compendium of the Five Lamps), fascicle 4, entry on Chan master Lingyun Zhiqin of Fuzhou — given as his reply to a monk who asked how to escape birth, old age, sickness, and death. The primary text reads "the floating clouds, left to come and go" (浮雲任去来); the form "white clouds come and go of themselves" (白雲自去来) is the later received reading transmitted through the Zenrin Kushu.

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)
Print: DTG print — front: the seal; back & inside label: 寳千 / Vermilion
Size: S · M · L · XL
Price: ¥6,980$70.00€65.00