Tailor Toyo TT10930 Reversible Sukajan, Bamboo Tiger and LOCALS Hot Rod, Green and Purple Satin, Size S
Tailor Toyo TT10930 Reversible Sukajan, Bamboo Tiger and LOCALS Hot Rod, Green and Purple Satin, Size S
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Condition report
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Forest beast, street machine
One face keeps faith with the oldest sukajan subject, a tiger in bamboo, worked with painterly density. The other throws it all at American custom car culture in saturated purple. Few reversibles argue with themselves this loudly, and that tension is the point.
Best for: Tailor Toyo reversible collectors; smaller frames wanting a bold sukajan
Condition notes
Visible wear. Pilling to collar and cuff rib, wear to hem rib, some marks to the satin. Embroidery complete on both faces.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A reversible Tailor Toyo sukajan, reference TT10930: emerald green satin with a crouching tiger in bamboo beneath red Japan script, turning to a purple satin face where a flaming hot rod roars under gold LOCALS lettering. Tagged S.
The Piece
The green face is the traditional one. Across the back, a large tiger crouches among bamboo and rock, its coat built from dense layers of amber, ochre, cream and black thread, the jaws open and the eyes fixed. Two roaring tiger heads face outward across the chest, above arrow tipped pockets, and champagne gold satin sleeves frame the body.
Turn it inside out for the second jacket. The purple satin carries LOCALS in gold capitals over a hot rod in full flight, a flame wreathed driver at the wheel and smoke trailing from the tyres. A flaming emblem and a pair of crossed chequered racing flags sit on the chest, and the sleeves change to silver satin. Black and cream striped rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem.
The label carries the Tailor Toyo mark with Mount Fuji, cherry blossom and torii gate and the words Hand Embroidery. Tailor Toyo is the line of Toyo Enterprise, the house most closely tied to the souvenir jackets of postwar Yokosuka, and this pairing of tiger and hot rod is one of its most graphic reversibles.
Details
- Maker: Tailor Toyo (Toyo Enterprise)
- Reference: TT10930 (per care label)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% polyester satin (per label)
- Lining: 100% polyester satin, worn as the reverse face
- Embroidery: Bamboo tiger and twin tiger heads; LOCALS hot rod and racing flags
- Colour: Green and gold; purple and silver reverse
- Size: S (per label)
- Shoulder: 48 cm (18.9 in)
- Chest width: 49 cm (19.3 in)
- Length: 65 cm (25.6 in)
- Sleeve: 55 cm (21.7 in); 80 cm (31.5 in) centre back neck to cuff
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Visible signs of wear, consistent with a jacket that has been worn and enjoyed.
- Pilling to the striped rib at the collar and cuffs, and wear to the hem rib, shown in the close photographs.
- Some marks to the satin are recorded; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade C (visible wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Dry clean only; store on a broad hanger, away from direct light, so the rayon and polyester thread 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.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. More from the maker in Tailor Toyo and the wider sukajan collection.
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