Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Giant Moc-Toe Chukka Boots, Black Leather with Hair-On Apron, Size JP 26 cm
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Giant Moc-Toe Chukka Boots, Black Leather with Hair-On Apron, Size JP 26 cm
- Dispatch
- Prepared and sent from Tokyo within 7–14 days, often sooner, or as arranged
- Arrival
- United States · usually 4–7 days after dispatch, insured and tracked Check the Shipping Flowchart here
- Import
Duties and customs · View the estimate
A guide for this piece: about $54, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
The final figure is set by US Customs and depends on where the piece was made and the kind of object it is. Many antiques over a century old carry no ordinary duty; most jewellery and leather goods add a single-digit rate.
With EMS, any charge is collected by your postal service on delivery. For pieces of significant value we can often arrange duties prepaid before dispatch.
How the estimate is reached · Ask for a figure on this piece
- Sizing
- Japanese sizing in centimetres, checked by hand · Find your size · Ask before you buy
- Character
- Quiet 2.5 of 10 ·
- Replies
- Within one Tokyo business day · Ask the curator team
- Guarantee
- Authenticity guaranteed · How we grade
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.
Where each figure is taken · View the plate
Boots
Condition report
Good
- Giftable
- Mint
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
A Mountain Chukka, Inflated
Take the sober mountain chukka and blow it up until the collar rolls and the sole towers: Mihara Yasuhiro's Giant is a joke told with serious leatherwork. The hair-on aprons soften the mass and catch the light.
Best for: Collectors of exaggerated Japanese designer footwear
Condition notes
Visible marks, scuffs and creasing from wear. Heel lining and tread show wear. Hair-on aprons intact in the photographs.
Grades, ratings and commentary are given to the best of our ability, knowledge and experience, and condition remains partly a matter of personal perception. What we stand behind without qualification is authenticity, truthful description and provenance, to the best of our knowledge. How we grade
Couldn't load pickup availability
All sales are final. Please read our refund policy before purchase.
Considered offers only. The Desk replies personally to figures made in good faith; those set far below the asking price receive no reply.
Examined in Tokyo, one price, insured to your door. How buying from Japonista works · Join the Circle, free
Moc-toe chukka boots from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO, known as the Giant: black leather, a hair-on apron over each toe, a padded ribbed collar and a deep stacked sole. Marked JP 26 cm.
The Piece
The side profile leads. A classic mountain chukka has been inflated by a size or two in every proportion: the toe is broad and rounded, the collar rolls over in thick horizontal ribs of padded leather, and the sole stands tall, banded in tan at the welt above a black rubber tread. The effect is part workwear, part cartoon, which is exactly the point.
Across each toe, a stitched apron in hair-on leather, a soft brindled grey brown, sets a texture against the smooth black uppers. The apron seam is raised in the moc-toe manner, and long black laces run through five pairs of eyelets. Inside, the black leather insole carries the maker name.
Underneath, a chevron tread gives grip and weight. It is a boot that announces itself from across a room, and pairs naturally with wide trousers.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Style: Giant moc-toe chukka boots, lace-up
- Upper: Black leather; hair-on leather apron
- Sole: Stacked sole with tan welt band, chevron rubber tread
- Size: JP 26 cm as marked; between EU 41 and EU 42 per the maker's official size guide (approximate)
- Height: 14 cm (5.5 in)
- Heel: 3 cm (1.2 in)
- Outsole length: 31 cm (12.2 in)
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 0.5 cm (0.2 in).
Condition
- Visible marks, scuffs and creasing from wear, noted at inspection.
- Wear to the heel lining and to the tread, as photographed.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade C (good, visible wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the maker name appears in the photographs. Brush the hair-on aprons with the grain, feed the smooth leather with a neutral cream, and store with shoe trees.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand 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; ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
Japanese shoe sizes are given in centimetres of foot length, checked here by hand, and makers differ by half a size or more. Compare with a pair you already wear from the same maker and allow a little margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our shoe size conversion chart sets Japan beside US, UK, EU and Korean sizes, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer. More from the maker in Mihara Yasuhiro and across our Amekaji collection.
Concierge
Looking for another pair of Mihara Yasuhiro boots in your size? Our Hunting Salon™ locates them across Japan's private collector circles, then inspects and delivers them. Begin a Hunting Salon™ request.
Collectors also search: Mihara Yasuhiro giant chukka boots 26 cm · Japanese designer oversized moc toe boots · Maison Mihara Yasuhiro hair-on leather boots
Chosen for you