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The mouth of a katana's scabbard is called the koiguchi — the carp's mouth — and the sword sits in it friction-tight, seated so it cannot slip free. Before anything can happen, the thumb presses the guard and eases the blade loose by exactly its own width. The gesture has a name, kōiguchi wo kiru, and everyone who has watched a samurai film knows it by heart even if they never learned the word: the close-up, the click, the inch of steel taking the light — the moment when nothing has happened yet and everything has already been decided. This design is that moment cut to a single silhouette, one hand, one thumb, one line of light at the carp's mouth. It pairs with our 鯉口切り calligraphy piece: the word, and now the deed.

刀の鞘の口は「鯉口」と呼ばれる。刀身はそこに摩擦で固定され、容易に抜け落ちることはない。事が起こる直前、親指が鍔を押し、刀身をわずか一寸分だけ浮かせる。この所作には「鯉口を切る」という名がある。侍映画を観た者なら誰しも、その言葉を知らずとも、この情景を心に刻んでいるはずだ。寄りのショット、響く音、光を反射する一寸の鋼――まだ何も起きておらず、それでいてすべてがすでに決している、あの瞬間を。このデザインは、その瞬間を一筋のシルエットへと凝縮したものだ。片方の手、親指、そして鯉口に走る一条の光。本作は、我々の「鯉口切り」カリグラフィー・ピースと対をなす。言葉、そして今、ここにその業を。

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