Even Monkeys Fall From Trees Tee

Description

猿も木から落ちる. “Even monkeys fall from trees.” The important detail is that the monkey is good at trees. This is not a proverb about incompetence — it is about the failure rate built into doing anything well.

It is said kindly, almost always to someone being far too hard on themselves after one bad afternoon.

Ukiyo-e woodblock: indigo, flat planes, and a fall drawn with complete composure. The kind of print that works on a wall as easily as on a shirt.

For anyone rebuilding after a mistake, and for the friend who needs to hear it from a shirt rather than a person.

Two versions, one page

Choose Artwork only for the illustration on its own, or With saying to get “猿も木から落ちる” drawn into the composition in its original language. Same garment either way — pick your version above.

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 · 100% airlume combed and ring-spun cotton · 4.2 oz/yd² (heather shades include a small amount of polyester)
• Unisex retail fit · side-seamed · pre-shrunk · tear-away label
• Sizes S–3XL · choose your colourway above

Printed on demand, shipped worldwide

Nothing is made until you order it. Your design is printed in the fulfilment centre closest to your address — usually within 2–5 business days — and then shipped. Flat-rate shipping: $7.95 in the US, $12.95 everywhere else. Shipping & returns.

More from the same place: browse the collection by country, or read 8 Japanese proverbs about failing well.