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.
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The story behind the line “Fox wedding weather.” It's a Japanese saying for a sunshower. When rain falls while the sun is shining, people call it kitsune no yomeiri, "the fox's bride-procession": somewhere a fox wedding is passing, and the strange weather is the foxes' magic, hiding it from human eyes. The same name is given to strings of mysterious lights at night, foxfires imagined as the procession's lanterns.
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.
A Next Level 3633 cotton muscle tank, soft combed ring-spun cotton with dropped armholes, printed with the design and its line.
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