Gashadokuro Tee

餓者髑髏 (gashadokuro): "the giant skeleton of the starved dead."

Around 1844, Utagawa Kuniyoshi made a triptych of the ruined palace at Sōma, and a skeleton took over the whole scene. Princess Takiyasha, daughter of the rebel Taira no Masakado, calls it up against a warrior sent to the haunted palace, and it leans in through the torn blinds, far too big for the room. Yokai books of the 20th century gave giants like it a name, gashadokuro, from the rattle of its bones, and wrote it with characters meaning the skulls of the starved.

A blue line skeleton rises up the back with blue fire in its eye sockets, over "Gashadokuro" and the white kanji 餓者髑髏 (gashadokuro). Blue katakana spells the same name, ガシャドクロ (gashadokuro), and a small blue skull badge sits on the chest.

Save those blue bones for the dark: night shows, a haunted house line and every October 31. Kuniyoshi's giant had to lean in through torn blinds, but this one walks straight through the door, and there's more yokai company among the Japanese print tees.

• Fabric: 100% combed cotton, 230gsm, pre-shrunk and soft-washed
• Print: direct-to-garment (DTG)
• Color: black
• Fit: unisex, regular; size up for a boxier, oversized look
• Sizes: S to 3XL
• Size reference: 6 ft 2 in wears L; 5 ft 7 in wears M

Measurements for every size are in the size guide.