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寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026
No.17
拈華微笑
Holding the Flower, a Smile
ねんげみしょう · nen ge mi shou
- Made to order
- Printed one at a time
- Shipping
- Included, worldwide
- Carved
- By hand, in Tokyo
Reading
The Buddha held up a single flower and said nothing.
No words, no doctrine — only Mahākāśyapa smiled.
In that exchange the teaching is said to have passed, outside of language.
What is understood is already present before it is spoken.
Origin
From the Gateless Gate (Mumonkan), Case 6, "The World-Honored One Holds Up a Flower." On Vulture Peak the Buddha held up a flower; among the assembly only Mahākāśyapa smiled. The story is traced to the sutra Daibontennō Mombutsu Ketsugi-kyō.
Seal
Cut by hand in Tokyo by the artist. The angle of the blade and the depth of the stroke decide where the ink bleeds and where it holds. No imprint repeats.
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. Sizes follow Japanese garment standards — check the measurements rather than the letter.
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