One-Eyed Dragon Tee

独眼竜 (dokuganryū): "the one-eyed dragon."

Smallpox took Date Masamune's right eye when he was a boy, and history remembers him as dokuganryū, the one-eyed dragon. Born in 1567, he took over his clan as a teenager and fought his way to rule much of northeastern Japan. Around 1600 he began building Sendai, now the biggest city in the Tōhoku region, and in 1613 he sent his retainer Hasekura Tsunenaga by ship to Spain and Rome. A statue of him on horseback still looks over the city from the old castle grounds.

Masamune stands in black and navy armor with two swords at his side, the huge gold crescent moon rising from his helmet just as it does on the real one. Lettering spells "Date Masamune" above him and "The one-eyed dragon" below, all on clean white cotton.

That gold crescent on the helmet is the giveaway any Sengoku history fan spots first, crisp against the navy armor. Someone who has been to Sendai, or wants to go, will thank you for it. Sendai's dragon wore armor, not scales; the dragon collection has the scaly kind.

• Fabric: 100% combed cotton, 230gsm, pre-shrunk and soft-washed
• Print: direct-to-garment (DTG)
• Color: white
• 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.