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No.30

説似一物即不中

Say It Is a Thing and You Miss

せつじいちもつそくふちゅう · setsu ji ichi motsu soku fu chuu

¥6,980$70.00€65.00

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

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Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — On the shirt
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — On a model
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — The seal, close
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — Folded
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — The silhouette
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — The back
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — The back, close
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss — The inside label
Say It Is a Thing and You Miss · Seal

寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026

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Made to order
Printed one at a time
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Original seal
Hand-carved in Tokyo

Reading

The moment it is named as a thing, it has already missed the mark.

What is asked after cannot be caught in words.

Explanation may draw near, but never arrives at the thing itself.

Where nothing can be said of it, there it is.

Origin

From the Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp (景徳伝灯録), in the chapter on Nanyue Huairang. His answer, given eight years later, to Huineng's question: "What is it that comes thus?"

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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