Sanzaru Vase
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, stacked into one 21 cm vase.
Includes a removable insert for fresh flowers
Made to order in the Netherlands
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Each vase is printed to order.
Made in the Netherlands
Designed and printed in NL.
Sanzaru Vase
€45.00
- Dimensions
- 21 × 10.2 cm (height × width)
- Opening
- Ø 5 cm
- Weight
- approx. 435 g
- Material
- White PLA, a plant-based plastic
- Made
- 3D printed in the Netherlands
- Production
- Made to order
- Insert
- Removable waterproof insert, easy to clean
Shipping
Printed after you order and dispatched within 3–5 working days. Shipping to the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany is €4.95.
Sanzaru, the three monkeys
Sanzaru is Japanese for “three monkeys”: the three wise monkeys who see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Their best-known likeness is a 17th-century wood carving above the sacred stable of the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, where monkeys were believed to protect the horses.
Their names hold a play on words. In old Japanese, -zaru means “not” and sounds almost like saru, monkey. So mizaru, kikazaru, iwazaru reads both as “see not, hear not, speak not” and as three monkeys. That is where the vase takes its name.
見ざる
See no evil
Mizaru covers the eyes.
聞かざる
Hear no evil
Kikazaru covers the ears.
言わざる
Speak no evil
Iwazaru covers the mouth.