SANZARU BRACELETS

三猿

SANZARU

(Three wise moneys)

Known as the “Three Wise Monkeys” represented in a sculpture located at the Toshogu shrine (1636),

Nikko, north of Tokyo.

THREE WISE MONKEYS

   MIZARU (見ざる) Does not see

     KIKAZARU (聞かざる) Does not hear

        IWAZARU  (言わざる) Does not speak.

Its original message was simple: “do not listen to what leads you to do bad deeds”, “do not see bad deeds as natural” and “do not speak evil without foundation”.

"SEE NO EVIL 

HEAR NO EVIL

SPEAK NO EVIL"

SENT BY THE GODS AS

OBSERVERS AND MESSENGERS