The Flat Head SV-14 Reversible Sukajan, Burgundy Japan Map Back, Green White Tiger Reverse, Size M
The Flat Head SV-14 Reversible Sukajan, Burgundy Japan Map Back, Green White Tiger Reverse, Size M
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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.
Condition report
Honest Wear5.0 / 10
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- As Found
From Sapporo to Sasebo
The map back is the oldest story the souvenir jacket tells: a list of base towns stitched in gold, worn home as proof of a tour of duty. The Flat Head renders it faithfully, then gives the other face a white tiger, the classic counterweight. Worn hard and honestly, it is a reproduction that already looks lived in.
Best for: Reproduction collectors; map back sukajan devotees
Condition notes
Heavy overall wear; marks on the champagne sleeves; smell of tobacco smoke. Embroidery complete on both faces.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A reversible souvenir jacket by The Flat Head, lot SV-14, made in Japan: burgundy rayon carrying a full embroidered map of Japan on one face, deep green rayon with a white tiger on the other, and champagne satin sleeves on both. Tagged M.
The Piece
The burgundy back is the richer of the two. Beneath the Flat Head script, a gold thread coastline traces Japan from Sapporo to Sasebo, with Misawa, Sendai, Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Hakata stitched along it, the old roll call of postwar base towns. Mount Fuji rises at the upper left, with pines, waves and small figures filling the sea. Two coiled dragons sit on the burgundy chest.
Turn it over and the green face answers in a single image: a white tiger crouched on a rock among bamboo, its mouth open, under the same script. Two snarling tiger heads mark the chest, and white arrows point down to the welt pockets. Navy and cream striped rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem.
The Flat Head, founded in Nagano, is known for exacting reproductions of American and Japanese vintage, and this jacket follows the 1950s Yokosuka pattern closely, in rayon on both faces.
Details
- Maker: The Flat Head
- Reference: Lot SV-14 (per care label)
- Style: Reversible souvenir jacket
- Shell: 100% rayon, both faces
- Rib: 40% acrylic, 30% cotton, 30% linen
- Embroidery: Japan map, Mount Fuji, dragons; white tiger, tiger heads
- Colour: Burgundy; green reverse; champagne sleeves
- Size: M (per label)
- Shoulder: being confirmed against our archive records
- Chest width: 50 cm (19.7 in)
- Length: 59.5 cm (23.4 in)
- Yuki (centre back to cuff): 82 cm (32.3 in)
- Made in: Japan (per label)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in). For the shoulder, write to the Desk and a curator will confirm it.
Condition
- Heavily worn overall, with marks on the champagne sleeves.
- The jacket carries a smell of tobacco smoke; airing or professional cleaning is advised.
- The embroidery on both faces remains complete in the photographs; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade D (heavy wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Dry clean only, never tumble dry; store on a broad hanger away from direct light.
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 The Flat Head and the wider sukajan collection.
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