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活溌溌地
Vividly Alive
かっぱつはっち · kappatsu hatchi
¥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
- Shipping included; available destinations shown at checkout.
- Original seal
- Hand-carved in Tokyo
Reading
The flash of a fish that breaks the surface and is gone.
Nothing held back, nothing rehearsed — only this instant, full.
It shows where the wish to be something has dropped away.
Within the motion, a center that does not stir.
Origin
A Song-dynasty term. Its locus classicus is Zhu Xi's commentary 『中庸章句』 (Zhongyong Zhangju) on chapter 12, which records the remark of the Cheng masters (程子): "In this section Zisi is most urgently at work for others' sake — vividly alive (活潑潑地); let the reader direct his thought here." It glosses the vital force of "the kite in flight, the fish at leap" (鳶飛魚躍) that chapter 12 cites from the Book of Odes. The phrase also recurs in the 『朱子語類』 and was later absorbed into Chan/Zen recorded sayings and phrase-collections (e.g. the Zenrin kushū). The graph "溌溌 (鱍鱍)" names a fish breaking the surface of the water.
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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