{"title":"Gods \u0026 guardians","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaijin, Ebisu, Fudo Myoo, shisa, kirin and lucky cats: gods, guardians and good fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"laughing-god-ebisu-to-hebi-tee","title":"Laughing Ebisu Tee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e笑門来福\u003c\/strong\u003e (shōmon raifuku): \"fortune comes to the laughing gate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery January 9 to 11, Osaka's shopkeepers pack Imamiya Ebisu Shrine for Tōka Ebisu, the festival of the tenth day. They leave with fukuzasa, branches of lucky bamboo hung with charms, to stand in the shop all year, while the crowd chants for good business. Ebisu looks after fishermen and traders, and he's the only one of the Seven Lucky Gods who's Japanese by birth. His grin is so well known that a beaming face is called ebisu-gao.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the back he sits grinning in his tall cap, rod in one hand and a sea bream held to his chest, while a white snake, the messenger of the goddess Benzaiten, coils around him. The right column reads \u003cstrong\u003e笑門来福\u003c\/strong\u003e (shōmon raifuku), \"fortune comes to the laughing gate,\" and the left \u003cstrong\u003e福徳繁栄\u003c\/strong\u003e (fukutoku han'ei), \"good fortune and prosperity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEbisu has looked after small traders for centuries, so hand one to whoever just opened a café, a market stall or a side business. His white line work stays clear on washed black, and his fellow lucky gods are among the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gods-and-guardians\"\u003eother gods and guardians\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFabric:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% combed cotton, 230gsm, pre-shrunk and soft-washed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrint:\u003c\/strong\u003e direct-to-garment (DTG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e washed black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFit:\u003c\/strong\u003e unisex, regular; size up for a boxier, oversized look\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e S to 3XL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize reference:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 ft 2 in wears L; 5 ft 7 in wears M\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasurements for every size are in the size guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Kagezuki","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59113755738493,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59113755771261,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59113755804029,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59113755836797,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":59113755869565,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":59113755902333,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/1377\/8301\/files\/12_3f02a553-16eb-4b82-baf8-3a90cbdf4718.jpg?v=1794690790"},{"product_id":"guardian-god-bishamonten-tee","title":"Bishamonten Tee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e毘沙門天\u003c\/strong\u003e (Bishamonten): \"the guardian of the north.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUesugi Kenshin, the warlord of Echigo, rode to war under a banner bearing one character, \u003cstrong\u003e毘\u003c\/strong\u003e (bi), the first of Bishamonten's name. Kenshin had taken Buddhist vows and made the armored god his patron. Bishamonten started out in India as Vaishravana and reached Japan with Buddhism as guardian of the north, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, before joining the Seven Lucky Gods as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fine black line work he scowls out of his armor under a topknot, gripping a pronged halberd while flames curl around him. The tall box at the top right gives his name, \u003cstrong\u003e毘沙門天\u003c\/strong\u003e (Bishamonten), and the small box at the bottom left reads \u003cstrong\u003e護法善神\u003c\/strong\u003e (gohō zenjin), \"the good gods who guard the Buddhist teaching.\" Both names repeat on the chest beside a flaming trident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenshin's god suits anyone heading into a long fight: exam season, a training camp, a first year running the business. Black line work on washed light gray stays quiet enough for every day. 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The balls go to the counter for prize tokens, and the tokens go to a tiny window nearby, run as a separate business, which buys them for cash. Everyone knows how it works, and halls have run on that arrangement for decades. Even the game's name is a sound word, the snap of a steel ball, with -ko on the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back is a whole machine face: two koi leaping a waterfall on the center screen under gold stars, red dragons climbing both sides and \"Lucky Pachinko\" across the top. The big cream characters read \u003cstrong\u003e運命\u003c\/strong\u003e (unmei), \"fate,\" and the katakana under the machine spells \u003cstrong\u003eパチンコ\u003c\/strong\u003e (pachinko). The chest badge sets both words around one gold ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRetro arcade regulars and claw machine experts will feel at home, the reds and golds glowing on black like a pachinko hall at midnight. Put it under a loud shirt worn open and it's a night out in Osaka. 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