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Vintage tin wind-up motorcycle toy with its key and illustrated box

Vintage Japanese Tin Indian Motorcycle Toy Japa...

A 27-centimetre tin wind-up modelled on the great American Indian motorcycles, complete with key and illustrated box. Why Japan copied the Indian, and what makes large tin bikes collectible.

Vintage Japanese Tin Indian Motorcycle Toy Japa...

A 27-centimetre tin wind-up modelled on the great American Indian motorcycles, complete with key and illustrated box. Why Japan copied the Indian, and what makes large tin bikes collectible.

Quilted Gucci satin bomber embroidered with ukiyo-e lovers on the back

GUCCI 17AW: When Italian Couture Met the Floati...

Under Alessandro Michele, Gucci turned the Yokosuka souvenir jacket into couture. A 17AW bomber with ukiyo-e lovers, cranes and pearl cabochons, read closely, with notes on care.

GUCCI 17AW: When Italian Couture Met the Floati...

Under Alessandro Michele, Gucci turned the Yokosuka souvenir jacket into couture. A 17AW bomber with ukiyo-e lovers, cranes and pearl cabochons, read closely, with notes on care.

Bomber jacket cut from an antique musha-nobori banner with a samurai figure

When Samurai Took to the Wind: The Antique Mush...

Japanese families once flew painted warrior banners each May to protect their sons. One of them now lives on as an MA-1 jacket. The history, the painting technique and how...

When Samurai Took to the Wind: The Antique Mush...

Japanese families once flew painted warrior banners each May to protect their sons. One of them now lives on as an MA-1 jacket. The history, the painting technique and how...

Black hoodie embroidered with koi, waves and chrysanthemums on the back

The Return of Y2K Japanese Tattoo Streetwear: K...

A koi that climbs the Dragon Gate becomes a dragon. How irezumi imagery from Kuniyoshi's prints became the dense embroidered streetwear of Y2K Japan, and what each motif means.

The Return of Y2K Japanese Tattoo Streetwear: K...

A koi that climbs the Dragon Gate becomes a dragon. How irezumi imagery from Kuniyoshi's prints became the dense embroidered streetwear of Y2K Japan, and what each motif means.

Denim jacket with a phoenix and golden chrysanthemums across the back

Rising in Silk: The Phoenix Motif in Japanese T...

The Japanese phoenix crowns Byōdō-in and graces bridal robes. Here it soars across antique hōmongi silk remade as a modern jacket, with notes on its meaning, its dyeing and its...

Rising in Silk: The Phoenix Motif in Japanese T...

The Japanese phoenix crowns Byōdō-in and graces bridal robes. Here it soars across antique hōmongi silk remade as a modern jacket, with notes on its meaning, its dyeing and its...

Bomber jacket remade from pale antique kimono silk with painted flowers

From Kimono to Couture: The Art of Transforming...

A hōmongi is painted as a single picture across the whole robe. How Japanese artisans remake these antique silks into modern jackets, and how to judge and care for the...

From Kimono to Couture: The Art of Transforming...

A hōmongi is painted as a single picture across the whole robe. How Japanese artisans remake these antique silks into modern jackets, and how to judge and care for the...