The Piece

Oversized fit in heavyweight beige cotton, built for a premium drape and lasting wear. Not just a t-shirt — a wearable print, made to be collected.

The Artwork

This piece is drawn from Tokiwa Gozen Fleeing through the Snow with Her Children, a woodblock print by Japanese master Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), part of his series Kenjō Reppu Den — "Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives." It depicts Tokiwa Gozen fleeing a snowstorm with her children after her husband's assassination, sheltering them beneath her kimono — a rare moment of tenderness from an artist best known for his warrior prints and mythic battles.

The Artist

Born in Edo to a family of silk dyers, Kuniyoshi trained under master Toyokuni I and rose to fame in 1827 with his series 108 Heroes of the Suikoden. Alongside Hiroshige and Kunisada, he became one of the defining masters of 19th-century ukiyo-e, equally skilled in battle scenes, folklore, and quiet human moments like this one.

The Intervention

PHAVOS disrupts this 19th-century image of shelter with a fluorescent orange graffiti tag reading "Killin' Luxury" — the brand's founding statement. Two acts of resistance, two centuries apart, sharing the same canvas.