Collection: T-shirts featuring patterns from Mori Yūzan's Hamonshū

This collection brings together t-shirts featuring reproductions taken from the Hamonshū, an important collection of graphic illustrations created by the Japanese artist Mori Yūzan. Published in the early 20th century, this work lists a multitude of visual motifs centered on the movement of water, waves, and fluid ripples. The visuals printed on these t-shirts come directly from the original prints making up this decorative encyclopedia of the Meiji period, offering a faithful representation of the linear compositions and geometric shapes of traditional Japanese art.

Published in 1903, the Hamonshū is part of the tradition of graphic pattern manuals intended for Japanese craftsmen and decorators, particularly for textile, ceramic, and lacquer work. Mori Yūzan, a master painter and draftsman originally from Kyoto, displays a methodical exploration of aquatic figures, varying the rhythms, amplitudes, and density of the lines. The work constitutes a typological directory of great rigor, capturing water in all its states, from tiny spirals to impetuous rollers. This illustrated corpus bears witness to the level of stylization and graphic inventiveness of the Meiji era, where the synthesis between naturalist observation and decorative abstraction reaches a high degree of mastery.

By adapting these historical illustrations into clothing motifs, this series of t-shirts highlights the aesthetic consistency and documentary interest of Mori Yūzan's work. Intended for lovers of Asian art, textile design history, and heritage graphics, these garments make it possible to wear iconographic elements from a major ornamental repertoire. Each piece restores the drawing of the original plate, integrating into daily use while preserving the visual memory of a reference work of Japanese decorative arts.