{"product_id":"kirin-premium-t-shirt","title":"Kirin - Premium T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Zen calligraphy T-shirt carries five characters brushed by the Edo-period monk Daidō Bunka: \u003cem\u003eShōrin ikkaku sen\u003c\/em\u003e, \"the auspicious kirin has one sharp horn.\" The legendary Kirin in it is one of the strangest and gentlest in East Asian art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The auspicious kirin has one sharp horn.\" The kirin (Chinese \u003cem\u003eqilin\u003c\/em\u003e) is a mythical beast and one of the four auspicious creatures of Chinese tradition, together with the dragon, the phoenix and the tortoise. Texts describe it as so gentle that it won't harm a living thing, not even the grass under its hooves. Because a kirin is so rare, its single horn has long been a byword for something you'll hardly ever find. (In modern Japanese, \u003cem\u003ekirin\u003c\/em\u003e is also the everyday word for giraffe, which is a much less mystical animal.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Zen, the line is said to go back to the Chinese master Dahui Zonggao (1089-1163). Dahui told his monks to stop picking the moment apart: “The auspicious kirin has only one horn.” Something genuine and rare doesn’t need explaining. The single horn also stands for the concept of non-duality. Two horns point two ways. One horn points to what Zen calls “not-two”: Meeting life directly, as one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe reproduced the brushwork faithfully, and balance it with our red Kokin Denju seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaidō Bunka (1680-1752) was a Japanese Zen monk active in the first half of the 18th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy you'll love it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA daily reminder that the rare thing is usually the gentle one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA faithful reproduction of an 18th-century Zen scroll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBold black brushwork that looks good with jeans, in the dōjō or on the cushion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA thoughtful gift for Zen practitioners, calligraphy lovers and anyone born with one sharp point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEU representative\u003c\/strong\u003e: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct information\u003c\/strong\u003e: Comfort Colors® 1717, two year warranty in the EU and Northern Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare instructions\u003c\/strong\u003e: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), Do not bleach, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: low heat, Do not dryclean\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Black \/ S","offer_id":68214949413156,"sku":"10777192798714486929","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ S","offer_id":68214949445924,"sku":"30221746192293689138","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":68214949478692,"sku":"10487385772164126510","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ M","offer_id":68214949511460,"sku":"18274877580626269642","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":68214949544228,"sku":"24492104696248506446","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ L","offer_id":68214949576996,"sku":"19607330462116456533","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":68214949609764,"sku":"25900123149549526846","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ XL","offer_id":68214949642532,"sku":"14684230874515517561","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":68214949675300,"sku":"17298054659143082438","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 2XL","offer_id":68214949708068,"sku":"23412712643158940298","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 3XL","offer_id":68214949740836,"sku":"14563053982722407975","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 3XL","offer_id":68214949773604,"sku":"51379631810508309506","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 4XL","offer_id":68214949806372,"sku":"22262506566706192716","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 4XL","offer_id":68214949839140,"sku":"25495989949601886906","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/0585\/8596\/files\/20261031233013-1f1d5830-5ba6-65a2-ba86-feb2a9c73f62.jpg?v=1794642505","url":"https:\/\/kokin-denju.com\/products\/kirin-premium-t-shirt","provider":"Kokin Denju","version":"1.0","type":"link"}