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No. 148Kitsune

Kitsune: Keeper of the Star Ball — Garment-Dyed T-Shirt

Kitsune: Keeper of the Star Ball — Garment-Dyed T-Shirt

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Studio design: drawn with AI image tools to the iconography of Folk & Fairy, checked against that tradition's rules and approved by a person. Captions are set in real type, never generated. Made to order in the USA.

In Japanese folklore, the kitsune is a fox grown wise with age. Storytellers say it can take human shape, kindle foxfire in the dark, and earn a new tail with each century, up to nine. Some foxes play tricks on travelers; others, the zenko, serve the rice kami Inari as messengers, and stone pairs still guard Inari shrines. On New Year's Eve in Tokyo's Oji district, townspeople wear fox masks and walk by lantern light, retelling the old tale of foxes gathering at a tree.

Printed on a heavyweight, garment-dyed Comfort Colors tee with a soft, lived-in fade.

From The Deity Project, a living encyclopedia of the sacred.

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