Curse of the Yurei Tee

幽霊の呪い (yūrei no noroi): "the curse of the ghost."

Fishermen on Japan's coasts once kept a ladle with the bottom knocked out. The reason was funa-yūrei, the ghosts of people drowned at sea, who rise beside a boat on dark nights and call for a hishaku, a ladle, so they can fill the hull with water and drag the crew down to join them. Hand over a bottomless one and they can bail all night without sinking anything.

A pale ghost with long, wild black hair and red tears floats over curling waves, her cream kimono splashed with red. The same ghost appears in an oval badge on the chest, framed by the waves, small enough to pass for a patch.

Take it to a beach bonfire, a night of ghost stories by the water or any October party, and bring a ladle with no bottom just in case. Ghost stories are only one corner of the Japanese graphic 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.