{"product_id":"skull-tiger-hot-rod-sukajan-taste-freedom-chevy-muscle-car","title":"Skull and Tiger Hot Rod Sukajan, “The Taste of Freedom” Chevy Muscle Car Embroidery, Vintage Japan, Size S","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Yokosuka \u0026amp; Amekaji\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eSkull and tora tiger meet American hot rod culture on this embroidered Japanese sukajan, its “The Taste of Freedom” muscle car theme drawn from the rockabilly and custom-car world that Japanese street fashion absorbed and made its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis embroidered souvenir jacket joins two of the sukajan's most expressive vocabularies: the skull and the tora, or tiger, and the Americana of hot rods and muscle-car racing, here carried under the line “The Taste of Freedom.” The jacket speaks to rockabilly, punk and hot rod culture, the scenes through which the souvenir jacket travelled from postwar Yokosuka into Japanese street fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sukajan began as an embroidered satin souvenir jacket made in Japan for foreign servicemen after the Second World War, pairing American bomber silhouettes with Japanese embroidery, and later became a fixture of Japanese youth, biker and rockabilly style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e S (manufacturer's size)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 60 cm · Width 47 cm · Arm length 75 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotifs:\u003c\/strong\u003e Skull, tora tiger, hot rod muscle car, “The Taste of Freedom” lettering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage garment; no written condition notes are recorded, and condition is documented through the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked 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. Returns follow our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinue browsing: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-iconic-sukajan-souvenir-tour-jacket\"\u003eSukajan Souvenir Jackets\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/american-casual-amekaji-and-wagara-fashion\"\u003eAmekaji \u0026amp; Wagara Fashion\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-related\"\u003eRelated pieces: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tailor-toyo-vintage-uss-lexington-far-east-cruise-sukajan\"\u003eTailor Toyo USS Lexington Far East Cruise sukajan\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/products\/sk-1030\"\u003eHot rod skeleton muscle car sukajan\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/products\/omikoshi\"\u003eOmikoshi festival embroidered sukajan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Yokosuka \u0026amp; Amekaji\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eYokosuka Archive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particular size, motif or decade in mind? Postwar souvenir jackets and heritage amekaji surface in Japan one at a time. Name the maker, the embroidery and the chest measurement, and the Hunting Salon™ watches for it on your behalf. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hunting-salon%E2%84%A2\"\u003eRequest a jacket search →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-search\"\u003eCollectors also search: skull tiger sukajan · hot rod sukajan · muscle car souvenir jacket · the taste of freedom jacket · rockabilly sukajan size s · vintage japanese embroidered bomber · tora tiger skull jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Japonista","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45092352393509,"sku":"SK 303","price":436.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/8829\/6229\/files\/il_1140xN.2312788240_hswm.jpg?v=1684567936","url":"https:\/\/japonista.com\/products\/skull-tiger-hot-rod-sukajan-taste-freedom-chevy-muscle-car","provider":"Japonista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}