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草木国土

Grasses, Trees, and the Land

そうもくこくど · sou moku koku do

¥6,980$70.00€65.00

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

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Grasses, Trees, and the Land — On the shirt

Grasses, Trees, and the Land — On a model

Grasses, Trees, and the Land — The seal, close

Grasses, Trees, and the Land — The silhouette

Grasses, Trees, and the Land — The back, close

Grasses, Trees, and the Land — The inside label

寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026

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

Reading

Grasses, trees, and the land itself are counted in.

The nature said to wake is not reserved for what feels and chooses.

What is looked at is held to carry the same nature as the one who looks.

Here nothing is left outside.

Origin

The opening of "sōmoku kokudo shikkai jōbutsu" — grasses, trees, and the land all attain Buddhahood. It rests on the Nirvana Sutra's teaching that all beings hold the Buddha-nature, but does not appear verbatim in any extant sutra; it took shape in Tendai thought and was first set down by the Heian monk Annen, later recurring in Noh libretti.

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