The Bashō Reversible Tee

Crafted from 100% high-quality cotton, this reversible T-shirt boasts a unique hand-frayed, color-block design. Its loose fit, round neck, and drop-shoulder short sleeves offer a relaxed, versatile style suitable for all seasons—Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. The ripped effects add an edgy, vintage aesthetic, making it a perfect basic for casual street wear.

What truly sets this tee apart is the inscribed 1680s hokku by Matsuo Bashō, "On a withered branch." This seventeen-syllable poem, a precursor to modern haiku, is presented in Bashō's own idiosyncratic, dynamic, and swirling cursive calligraphy, a beautiful blend of kanji and kana. The brilliant orange background on the tee might evoke the image of a setting sun, yet it creates a pleasurable visual dissonance with the poem's melancholic beauty, subtly hinting at a plum branch about to bloom. The inscription is signed "Tōsei" (桃青), one of Bashō's renowned noms de plume.
The poem reads:

枯枝に からすとまりたるや 秋の暮
Kareeda ni karasu tomaritaru ya aki no kure
On a withered branch, a crow has come to perch— at dusk in autumn.

This T-Shirt could provide you comfortable and breathable feeling in any season, keeping you cool and relaxed all day.