Zen Garden Bowl

The garden is a bowl. The bowl is full of go stones. He is raking them.

A samurai stands in a large ceramic bowl filled with black and white go stones, drawing concentric patterns with a miniature rake. In his other hand, a tablet. Chopsticks rest across the rim. He is tending the garden. The garden fits in a bowl. The bowl fits on a table. None of this has changed the practice.

The karesansui — the Japanese dry rock garden — is not decoration. It is the act of sustained attention made visible. Each line drawn is not an outcome. It is the practice itself. The bowl does not make it smaller. A garden is wherever you tend it.

The seal reads 心具足. The mind is complete. Nothing missing. Nothing added. The chopsticks on the rim are the quietest detail: the practice of attention and the daily meal are equally ordinary, equally essential.

Comfort Colors 1717. Garment-dyed, 100% ring-spun cotton, heavyweight construction. Ukiyo-e woodblock print aesthetic — rendered in the tradition of Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

The Ronin's Dojo Collection — Stoic Samurai Society.

Product features

- 100% ring-spun US cotton — soft, pre-shrunk, long-lasting

- Garment-dyed for a soft color and lived-in texture

- Heavyweight 6.1 oz fabric with relaxed fit for durable comfort

- Tubular knit without side seams and double-needle stitching for clean look and strength

- Sizes S–4XL with sewn-in label; available in 10 colors

Care instructions

- Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F)

- Do not bleach

- Tumble dry: low heat

- Iron, steam or dry: low heat

- Do not dryclean

EU representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY

Product information: Comfort Colors® 1717, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Warnings, Hazard: Made in Honduras

Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), Do not bleach, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: low heat, Do not dryclean