SHELF LIFE CLOTHING Co.
is a t-shirt and streetwear design studio daringly based in glamorous Cleveland, OH.
Shelf Life designs high-end, limited run, 100% ring-spun and 100% organic silkscreened t-shirts with a humorous underground vibe, and inspirations drawn from a wide range of pop culture – especially asian and exploitation cinema. We take great care in making quality shirts that you will look cool wearing.
SAMURAI CREST
"Thirtysomething"
Inspired by the Kurosawa movies
YOJIMBO 用心棒 and SANJURO 椿三十郎
starring Toshiro Mifune
The Kanji under the symbol reads "Tsubaki Sanjro," which is what Mifune's character calls himself in the movie Sanjuro. It roughly translates to "Camellia Thirty-Something." In the movie Yojimbo, he refers to himself as "Kuwabatake Sanjuro," which means "Mulberry Field Thirty-Something." In both instances he is simply picking something found in plain sight at the time, which suggests that he wants to avoid using his real name altogether – he's just a wandering "man with no name."
