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No.03

一華開五葉

One Flower Opens Five Petals

いっかごようをひらく · ikka go yō wo hiraku

¥6,980$70.00€65.00

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

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One Flower Opens Five Petals — On the shirt
One Flower Opens Five Petals — On a model
One Flower Opens Five Petals — The seal, close
One Flower Opens Five Petals — Folded
One Flower Opens Five Petals — The silhouette
One Flower Opens Five Petals — The back
One Flower Opens Five Petals — The back, close
One Flower Opens Five Petals — The inside label
One Flower Opens Five Petals · Seal

寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026

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Original seal
Hand-carved in Tokyo

Reading

A single flower opens, and in time parts into five.

From one source, many ways extend of their own accord.

Read as Bodhidharma foretelling the five houses that would branch from what he carried.

Nothing is forced; the fruit ripens of itself.

Origin

From Bodhidharma's transmission verse, recorded in the Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp (Jingde chuandeng lu), vol. 3: "One flower opens five petals; the fruit ripens of itself."

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

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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