Alaska Reversible Velveteen Sukajan, Polar Bear and Wolves, Japan Map and Dragon Reverse, Black and Crimson, Fits XL
Alaska Reversible Velveteen Sukajan, Polar Bear and Wolves, Japan Map and Dragon Reverse, Black and Crimson, Fits XL
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Every piece is measured by hand, in centimetres as Japan measures. Please allow 1–2 cm (about ½ inch) for the give of the material and the hand that held the tape. すべて手採寸（cm表記）。素材のゆとりや採寸の個人差により、1〜2cm程度の誤差が生じる場合がございます。あらかじめご了承ください。
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Widths are taken across one layer with the piece laid flat; double them for the full circumference.幅は平置きの片面を採寸しています。周囲は2倍してください。
Condition report
Very Good
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- Mint
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- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
From the last frontier to the islands
The souvenir jacket began as a record of where its wearer had served, and this one carries two destinations at once. The Japan map face is dense and colourful in the old manner, while the velveteen face gives Alaska its bear, its lightning and its wolves. It is a travelling story worn on the back.
Best for: Collectors of map and place-name sukajan; reversible wear
Condition notes
Light wear with marks noted. Visible soiling on the silver satin sleeves of the crimson face; light marks to the cream rib. Embroidery complete.
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A reversible souvenir jacket with two complete stories: black velveteen embroidered with an Alaska polar bear, lightning and running wolves on one face, and crimson satin with silver sleeves on the other, its back filled by an embroidered map of Japan, a dragon and a pagoda. No size tag shown; it measures as a generous XL.
The Piece
The crimson face is the richer of the two. Across its back, the islands of Japan are traced in gold thread, crowded with place names, a pagoda, chrysanthemums and a coiling blue and red dragon beneath the script word Japan. A pair of eagles in white and brown faces off across the chest, and white piping edges the slanted pockets.
Turn it inside out and the jacket moves north. On the black velveteen back, a white polar bear rears on an ice floe between bolts of orange lightning, framed by ALASKA in red and white lettering above and the line America's Last Frontier below. Smaller bears and lightning repeat on the chest, and white wolves run in a column down each sleeve. Cream rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem on both faces, and the zip carries a YSK pull.
The Alaska and Japan pairing belongs to the souvenir jacket's original language, garments embroidered to record a posting or a journey, and few designs show both destinations so fully.
Details
- Maker: Unbranded; no maker's label shown
- Style: Reversible zip-front souvenir jacket
- Shell: Black velveteen; reverse crimson and silver satin
- Embroidery: Polar bear, lightning, Alaska lettering and wolves; Japan map, dragon, pagoda and eagles on the reverse
- Colour: Black and cream; reverse crimson, silver and cream
- Size: Not marked; fits as XL by measurement
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 61 cm (24.0 in)
- Length: 64 cm (25.2 in)
- Sleeve (centre back to cuff): 91 cm (35.8 in)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Light wear overall, with marks noted.
- Visible soiling on the silver satin sleeves of the crimson face, and light marks to the cream rib.
- Embroidery complete on both faces; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Sold as an unbranded souvenir jacket; no maker or date is claimed. Dry clean only, and store on a broad hanger away from direct light.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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