Tailor Toyo M18426 Reversible Sukajan, Roaring Tiger JAPAN Back, Quilted Green Crane Reverse, Blue, Size L
Tailor Toyo M18426 Reversible Sukajan, Roaring Tiger JAPAN Back, Quilted Green Crane Reverse, Blue, Size L
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A backward glance in blue
The tiger looking back over its shoulder is one of the great sukajan poses, alert rather than rampant, and the royal blue ground gives it real voltage. The quilted crane side turns the same jacket into something calm and wintry. Classic Tailor Toyo vocabulary, cleanly kept.
Best for: First Tailor Toyo; classic tiger sukajan wardrobes
Condition notes
Light signs of use; no conspicuous marks recorded. Soft creasing to the satin, gently softened cuff rib.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A reversible Tailor Toyo sukajan, reference M18426: royal blue satin with a roaring tiger beneath the word JAPAN and cream sleeves striped in navy, turning to a quilted green face where two cranes take flight. Tagged L.
The Piece
The blue face carries the drama. Across the back, a tiger's head turns over its shoulder with jaws open, its fur worked in orange, cream and black thread, set low on the body under JAPAN in white capitals. Two smaller tiger heads face each other across the chest, above arrow tipped pockets, and the cream satin sleeves carry a navy stripe from collar to cuff.
Turn it inside out and the register softens. The green side is diamond quilted, with gold satin sleeves and a pair of cranes in white, red and gold flying toward the zip. Striped rib in cream and navy on one face and red on the other closes the collar, cuffs and hem.
The label carries the Tailor Toyo mark with Mount Fuji, cherry blossom and torii gate, the words Hand Embroidery, and the Toyo Enterprise care tag. Tailor Toyo is the house most closely tied to the souvenir jackets of postwar Yokosuka, and the tiger and crane pairing is among its classic themes.
Details
- Maker: Tailor Toyo (Toyo Enterprise)
- Reference: M18426 (per care label)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: Polyester satin
- Reverse: Quilted green satin with gold sleeves
- Embroidery: Roaring tiger and twin tiger heads; pair of cranes
- Colour: Royal blue and cream; green and gold reverse
- Size: L (per label)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 54 cm (21.3 in)
- Length: 58 cm (22.8 in)
- Sleeve: 90 cm (35.4 in), centre back neck to cuff
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in). For the shoulder figure, please write to the Desk.
Condition
- Light signs of use, with no conspicuous marks or stains recorded.
- The satin shows the soft creasing of a worn jacket, and the cuff rib is gently softened.
- Embroidery on both faces is complete; 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. Dry clean only, as the label directs; store on a broad hanger, away from direct light, so the embroidery keeps its sheen.
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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