Sacred Cranes Tee

聖なる鶴 (seinaru tsuru): "the sacred cranes."

A string of a thousand folded paper cranes, a senbazuru, is hung for someone who needs a wish granted, most often recovery or a long life. Sadako Sasaki was two when the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima in 1945. Ten years later, in the hospital, she folded cranes from any paper she could find. In her memory, her classmates raised money for the Children's Peace Monument, unveiled in 1958, and garlands of cranes from around the world still hang beside it.

Two cranes face each other on the back in front of a big red sun, with Mount Fuji behind them and cherry blossoms around the edges. A small pair of cranes sits in a red disc on the chest. Washed black softens the red to the shade of an old woodblock.

A gift with a wish already folded in: for a friend getting better, a graduate, or a grandparent with a birthday coming. It's soft enough for every day, and the cranes keep company with the washed vintage pieces.

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