Ghost Dragon Tee

龍 (ryū): "the dragon."

Dinosaur in Japanese is kyōryū, fearsome dragon, so every skeleton in a natural history museum is a dragon of bones. In 1968 Suzuki Tadashi, a high-school student who hunted fossils around Iwaki in Fukushima, found the bones of a plesiosaur, a long-necked sea reptile, in a riverbank. It got a dragon name all the same: Futabasuzukiryū, the Suzuki dragon of the Futaba rocks, after the rock layer and the boy who found it. The formal name, Futabasaurus suzukii, came only in 2006.

A white skeleton dragon with pale blue shading and red flames winds through two big black characters stacked down the front, both 龍 (ryū), "dragon." The bones cross part of the top one, so skeleton and ink seem to fight for the same space.

Pale washed gray softens the black, more old temple poster than horror film. It sits right with black jeans and boots, and suits anyone who keeps October going all year. Scroll on for more Japanese dragons, living and otherwise.

• 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

Measurements for every size are in the size guide.