Dancing Geisha Tee

芸者の舞 (geisha no mai): "the geisha's dance."

Each spring the geiko and maiko of Gion, Kyoto's best-known geisha district, put on Miyako Odori, the cherry dances, a show that runs through April. It was first staged in 1872 for the Kyoto Exposition, part of the city's push to win back visitors after the emperor moved to Tokyo. More than 150 years later, it's still how Gion says spring has come.

A geisha turns mid-dance across the back, arms out, in a cream kimono scattered with red cherry blossoms and hemmed in gray waves, with a black obi and geta. A round badge with her face and a few blossoms sits on the chest.

She turns mid-dance like a stage light just found her, cream and red against the black. Wear it in April with light denim, while Miyako Odori is on, or wrap it for whoever keeps talking about seeing the dances in Gion. It's one of the gentler Japanese print tees in the range.

• 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.