Kagezuki
Dragon Slayer Tee
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Unisex regular fit · take your usual size, or size up for an oversized look
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龍討ち (ryū-uchi): "slaying the dragon."
Autumn nights in the Iwami region of western Shimane belong to kagura, the sacred dance performed for the shrine gods, and the piece everyone waits for is Orochi. The storm god Susanoo takes on the eight-headed serpent of the Kojiki, and the serpents are dancers inside long coiling bodies that rear, tangle and breathe smoke under the lights. Iwami kagura is danced fast, to drums and flutes, in heavy gold-thread costumes, and festival crowds stay up into the small hours to see the serpent fall.
A samurai with a spear braces inside the coils of a green dragon with orange belly scales, gray clouds rolling around them both. A vertical line of characters reads 龍討ち (ryū-uchi), "slaying the dragon," built the same way as the old word for a revenge killing.
Kagura fans who stay up into the small hours to see Orochi fall will know this fight. The green and orange have the softness of an old woodblock, and the characters read clearly at arm's length. The other dragon tees tell the monster's side of things.
- Fabric: 100% combed cotton, 230gsm, pre-shrunk and soft-washed
- Print: direct-to-garment (DTG)
- Color: washed pale gray
- 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
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